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Definition of Penances

Penance
Penance Pen"ance, n. [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See Penitence.] 1. Repentance. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xv. 7). 2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] ``Joy or penance he feeleth none.' --Chaucer. 3. (Eccl.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. --Spenser. Quoth he, ``The man hath penance done, And penance more will do.' --Coleridge.
Penance
Penance Pen"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penanced.] To impose penance; to punish. ``Some penanced lady elf.' --Keats.

Meaning of Penances from wikipedia

- attitude of penance or repentance can also be externalized in acts that a believer imposes on themselves, acts that are called penances. Penitential...
- Penitential books native to the islands provided precisely determined penances for all offences, small and great (an approach reminiscent of early Celtic...
- Look up penance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Penance is an act of repentance. Penance may also refer to: Penance (2009 film), American horror film...
- Penance, in comics, may refer to: Robbie Baldwin, a Marvel Comics superhero also known as Speedball, formerly Penance Penance (X-Men), a body now known...
- Indulgences were introduced to allow for the remission of the severe penances of the early church and granted at the intercession of Christians awaiting...
- Good Friday) is meant to intensify penances of the Christian. Lent is the traditional season for renewal and penance but Catholics also observe each Friday...
- Jesus. Through the centuries, some Christians have practiced voluntary penances as a way of imitating Jesus who, according to the New Testament, voluntarily...
- down set penances for those sins. Penances would vary given both the severity of the offence and the status of the sinner; such that the penance imposed...
- August Underground's Penance is a 2007 horror film directed by Fred Vogel, who also co-wrote it with Cristie Whiles. It is the sequel to 2003's August...
- of the Zarathos version of Ghost Rider, although he also possesses the Penance Stare and his motorcycle seemed to share characteristics with the Noble...