penitential

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Hammon, a Long Island, New York, slave, is remembered as the first published African-American poet, with his poem “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ With Penitential Cries,” published in 1761 in the colonies.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2014

Penitential Books, § 61, 1; 89, 6; 103, 6.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

While her half-stunned intelligence stumbled among chasms of thought that have swallowed up transcendent genius, her lips unconsciously said the Penitential Psalms after the priests at the altar.

From The White Sister by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Penitential, he opened it with an air of gentle forbearance.

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre

The Latin title of the 51st Psalm which is used in the Penitential Office appointed to be read on Ash Wednesday.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James