penitential

Yet even before the penitential effect of the Holocaust had come into play, this was very far from the whole story.

It seemed so very right for you after all your penitential years."

Yes, have your penitential vigil, but take food in my house first.

There follows a penitential act, as at the beginning of Mass.

It is best known for the penitential rite held every seven years.

In its current form, it was a penitential Passion procession.

In particular, the penitential Psalm 51 is very widely used.

Or had he meant it as a humble and penitential gesture?

They specialized in developing the mechanisms of the penitential system.

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

Lent is a major penitential season of preparation for Easter.

In practice, a penitential remained one of the few books that a country priest might have possessed.

For us Catholics, the third millennium has opened with a long penitential rite.

The periods in question and penitential canons varied at different times.

After each blow they paused to utter a penitential prayer.

"Remember that during this penitential season, the Jewish community comes before God," he said.

He said he would send a penitential letter to each victim.

He thereby gave the impression of being a pilgrim on a penitential journey.

She slept on the ground, refused food, and devoted herself to penitential prayer.

At age eighteen, he rid himself of all his property and became a penitential pilgrim.

The work was written for an unspecified penitential service.

And what better time to do it, he said, than during the Christian penitential season of Lent?

Kenny, who had made a vow of penitential speed, must continue his search on foot.

Settings of individual penitential psalms have been written by many composers.

They also retained the violet or black vestments for the penitential season.