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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

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