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penitential

/pen-i-ten-shuhl/US // ˌpɛn ɪˈtɛn ʃəl //UK // (ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəl) //

忏悔,忏悔的,忏悔式,忏悔性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, pertaining to, proceeding from, or expressive of penitence or repentance.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a penitent.
    • : a book or code of canons relating to penance, its imposition, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Very devoted, but a "wooden" woman, a "veritable penitential brush."

  • Condemned to be strangled, he heard the sentence without a murmur, and went to his death singing the penitential psalms.

  • I ought to add that he has tried to make reparation, and is apparently contrite to the limit of his penitential capacity.

  • It was her first openly penitential utterance in his presence, and her cheeks were faintly reddened.

  • On his death-bed the conqueror Henry V was listening to the priests repeating the penitential psalms.