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penitent Christianity a. a person who repents his sins and seeks forgiveness for them b. RC Church a person who confesses his sins to a priest and submits to a penance imposed by him |
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"And I you a happy New Year," responded the Second Blighted Being, with the accent of a penitent accordeon. A sublime one saw I to-day, a solemn one, a penitent of the spirit: Oh, how my soul laughed at his ugliness! Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and dies a Penitent. |
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