penitential
Example Sentences
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Weeks later, during the penitential Yom Kippur prayers in a small Berlin synagogue, Rosenzweig reversed his decision.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
In 2022, Pope Francis made a "penitential pilgrimage" across Canada, where he offered an apology to local tribal leaders.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
It also marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
The trip to Canada has much less pomp: “A penitential pilgrimage,” Francis recently called it.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022
He had visited it disguised as a merchant from Dublin; for, even then, a bishop incurred great risk were he publicly recognized; and he describes in detail each particular of its penitential course.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by
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