| 单词 | sacrament of reconciliation |
| 释义 | > as lemmassacrament of reconciliation d. Roman Catholic Church. More fully sacrament of reconciliation. Also with capital initial. A sacrament in which confession is made, penance is given, and absolution is granted by the priest. Cf. confession n. 2b, penance n. 3b. ΚΠ 1624 J. Ussher Answer to Challenge by Iesuite 144 The Minister..signifieth nothing else by those words, but that hee..conferreth the sacrament of reconciliation or absolution, which in a man rightly disposed hath vertue to forgive all his sinnes. a1731 R. Manning Moral Entertainments (1742) I. 72 The Circumstances of a dying Man are such, as unqualify him in a great Measure for all the preparatory Exercises, that are the ordinary Means to dispose him for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 1841 W. Burder Relig. Ceremonies & Customs iii. ii. 276 This reconciliation was formerly performed on Holy Thursday... The penitent must come to the church-door, on the day appointed him for receiving absolution. 1876 Times 8 Jan. 8/1 Animated thereby to true penitence and purged by the Sacrament of reconciliation from the stains of sin. 1979 Amer. Speech 54 84 The new designations for Extreme Unction and Penance reflect..new attitudes...Sacrament of Reconciliation is milder in tone than either Penance or Confession. 1994 J. Leipert Read Fine Print before you say ‘I Do’ iii. 19 If we get a few young people to go to Reconciliation to confess these social sins, we congratulate ourselves on our preaching. < as lemmas |
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