Translations for „penitential“ in the English » German Dictionary

peni·ten·tial [ˌpenɪˈten(t)ʃəl] ADJ

penitential

reuevoll

penitential

reuig

penitential act

Bußtat f

penitential punishment

Buße f

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

penitential punishment

Buße f

penitential act

Bußtat f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These penitentials borrowed inspiration and specific regulations from the early church councils, monastic rules, and the letters of popes and bishops.

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Some might want to conclude that the penitentials thus reinforced the commonplace connection of poverty with sinfulness and depravity.

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The office of general confessor is foreshadowed in the early history of penitential discipline.

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In practice, the penitential introduction is often omitted, especially at sung services.

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His penitential zeal rivalled that of the early anchorites, and, according to his spiritual director, he carried his baptismal innocence to the grave.

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The third type of penitential garment was for those who repented before they were sentenced.

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During the processions, members precede the "pasos", dressed in penitential robes.

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He was famed for his penitential sermons, lambasting what he viewed as widespread immorality and attachment to material riches.

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These include a collection of church canons, as well as a penitential and a pontifical.

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It marked a radical departure from earlier orders, establishing a cenobitic community life that was not idealised as austere or penitential.

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