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• Penance — Pen ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penanced}.] To impose penance; to punish. Some penanced lady elf. Keats. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• penance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin poenitentia penitence Date: 14th century 1. an act of self abasement, mortification, or devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin 2. a sacramental rite that… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• penance — [pen′əns] n. [ME < OFr peneance < L paenitentia, poenitentia < paenitens: see PENITENT] 1. R.C.Ch. Eastern Orthodox Ch. a) a sacrament involving the confession of sin, repentance, and acceptance of the satisfaction imposed, followed by… …   English World dictionary

• penance — n. & v. n. 1 an act of self punishment as reparation for guilt. 2 a (in the RC and Orthodox Church) a sacrament including confession of and absolution for a sin. b a penalty imposed esp. by a priest, or undertaken voluntarily, for a sin. v.tr.… …   Useful english dictionary

• penance — noun 1》 punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing. 2》 a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.     ↘a religious observance or other duty imposed as …   English new terms dictionary

• The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Penanced — Penance Pen ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penanced}.] To impose penance; to punish. Some penanced lady elf. Keats. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scrífan — 1 sv/t1 3rd pres scrífþ past scráf/scrifon ptp gescrifen to decree, appoint; 1. to decree to a person as his lot, to allot, assign, prescribe; 2. to fix as his lot for a person; 3. to decree after judgment, to adjudge, doom, inflict, impose,… …   Old to modern English dictionary

• shrive — [[t]ʃraɪv[/t]] v. shrove shrived, shriv•en shrived, shriv•ing 1) rel to impose penance on (a sinner) 2) rel to grant absolution to (a penitent) 3) rel to confess one s sins, as to a priest • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE scrīfan to assign, impose… …   From formal English to slang

• shrive — /ʃraɪv / (say shruyv) verb (shrove or shrived, shriven or shrived, shriving) Archaic –verb (t) 1. to impose penance on for sin. 2. to grant absolution to (a penitent). 3. to confess to a priest, for the purpose of obtaining absolution. 4. to hear …  

• shrift — O.E. scrift confession to priest, followed by penance and absolution, verbal noun from scrifan to impose penance (see SHRIVE (Cf. shrive)). Short shrift originally was the brief time for a condemned criminal to confess before execution (1590s);… …   Etymology dictionary