单词 | penitence |
释义 | penitencen. 1. The undergoing of a discipline or exercise as an outward expression of repentance and expiation of an offence, either voluntarily or as imposed by an ecclesiastical authority; a penance. Now rare except as merging with sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] boot971 shriftc1030 penitencea1200 penancea1300 penitency1597 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 61 (MED) Swo ure louerd ihesu crist fette adam ut of helle þo þe hedde his penitence enden, and swo he wile us ec þanne we hauen ure penitence fulended. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 313 Ȝef ani strif ariseð bitwene þe wimmen. þe ancre..legge oneiðer sumpenitance Mare up on o þilke þe gretluker gulte. c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 102 The spices of penitence been three: that oon of hem is solempne, another is commune, and the thridde is priuee. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton sig. Iv And whanne thow hast accomplysshed the penytence whiche the preest hath gyuen to the. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 18 The course of Discipline in former Ages reformed open Transgressors, by putting them unto Offices of open penitence; especially Confession. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 206 I shall undertake this business, as a penitence for my sins. 1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xxii. 290 The ruins of Chantilly, where the great Condé ended his days in retirement, and the practice of penitence. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. iii. 66 Its very priests were sent to Santa Tarsilla as a penitence. 1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin lxviii. 392 She knelt in the soughing wind, bowing over her lamp to protect it from the rain, warming her shaking hands upon the glass, transforming her life into one long penitence and apology. 2. The fact or state of being penitent; sorrow for sin or offence committed, together with the desire for and intention of amendment; repentance. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] reusingeOE rueeOE ruenessOE bireusingc1000 penitencea1200 rutha1200 after-charc1220 again-charc1220 ruesomenessa1225 ofthinkingc1225 forthinkinga1250 repentancec1300 penancea1325 pityc1330 compunctiona1340 agenbite1340 repentingc1350 athinking1382 contritionc1386 repentaillec1390 rueinga1400 remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410 conscience?a1425 remorsea1425 penitencya1500 penitudea1538 resipiscency?c1550 penancy?1567 resipiscence1570 repent1573 brokennessa1617 remorsefulnessa1617 synteresy1616 synderesis1639 heart-searching1647 synteresis1650 remordency1658 contriteness1692 resentment1705 penitentness1727 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [noun] reusingeOE deedbotec1000 sin-bootc1175 penitencea1200 repentancec1300 penancea1325 compunctiona1340 repentingc1350 contritionc1386 repentaillec1390 remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410 penitencya1500 penitudea1538 penancy?1567 repent1573 metanoia1577 remorsefulnessa1617 synteresy1616 synderesis1639 synteresis1650 remordency1658 sermon-sicknessa1665 contriteness1692 penitentness1727 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 141 Þe quen ȝaf forbisne of maiðhode..Ðe oðer of penitence, þat is of clensunge, þat is þat brinð hori to clene. c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 980 If he wole come to sauacioun, ther is noon oother wey but by penitence and shrifte and satisfaccioun. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 3044 (MED) Knowst þou not..Þat goddys pacience þe to penytence Abydyth lenger & gladly wold inclyne? 1573 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 377 The said Lucas, being of grite penetence as apperit, confessed the said accusation. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 13 The question, why David's confession should be held for effectuall penitence and not Sauls. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 81 By Penitence th' Eternalls wrath's appeas'd. View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Bramhall Schisme Garded i. viii. 151 The degree of the Delinquents Penitence or Impenitence. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 134 In lieu of penitence, and vain remorse. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 231 Is this the way you show your penitence? 1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School I. ii. 23 He was one who thought that there should be a place of penitence allowed to those who had clearly repented of their errors. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 235/1 In the Roman Catholic church Advent is still kept as a season of penitence. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 779/2 As all the authorities from the earliest up to Thomas Aquinas emphasized, penitence implied at least a measure of hope. 1995 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 12 Nov. 3 Some Maoris had demanded a royal visit to Waikato tribal lands south of Auckland as a sign of penitence, but Buckingham Palace resisted the idea. Compounds General attributive, as †penitence-garment, penitence period. rare. ΚΠ 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2471/1 Travelling two and two together, clad in woollen penitence-garments. 1991 Men's Health Nov.–Dec. 33/3 Drinking a cup of coffee may shorten the headache penitence period, as caffeine is a vasoconstrictor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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