Repentant
101Mary Magdalene — noun sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑St. Mary Magdalene, ↑Mary Magdalen, ↑St. Mary Magdalen • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sinner, ↑evildoer, ↑saint …
102penitent — adj. & n. adj. regretting and wishing to atone for sins etc.; repentant. n. 1 a repentant sinner. 2 a person doing penance under the direction of a confessor. 3 (in pl.) various RC orders associated for mutual discipline etc. Derivatives:… …
103APOSTASY — APOSTASY, term applied by members of the deserted faith for the change of one faith, set of loyalties, and worship for another. The conception of apostasy could not arise in the atmosphere of polytheism practiced in antiquity before the advent of …
104DAY OF ATONEMENT — (Heb. יוֹם הכִּפּוּרִים, Yom ha Kippurim), one of the appointed seasons of the Lord, holy convocations, a day of fasting and atonement, occurring on the Tenth of Tishri. It is the climax of the ten days of penitence and the most important day in… …
105ETHICAL LITERATURE — (Heb. סִפְרוּת הַמּוּסָר, sifrut ha musar). There is no specific ethical literature as such in the biblical and talmudic period insofar as a systematic formulation of Jewish ethics is concerned. Even the wisdom literature of the Bible, though… …
106INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… …
107REPENTANCE — is a prerequisite for divine forgiveness: God will not pardon man unconditionally but waits for him to repent. In repentance man must experience genuine remorse for the wrong he has committed and then convert his penitential energy into concrete… …
108Attrite — At*trite , a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad + terere to rub. See {Trite}.] 1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; opposed to {contrite}. [1913… …
109Contrite — Con trite (?; 277), a. [L. contritus bruised, p. p. of contrere to grind, bruise; con + terere to rub, grind: cf. F. contrit See {Trite}.] 1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply… …
110Magdalen — Mag da*len, n. [From Mary Magdalene, traditionally reported to have been the repentant sinner forgiven by Christ. See Luke vii. 36.] A reformed prostitute. [1913 Webster] …
