give absolution
Example Sentences
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Fashionable Monsignor Royford crawls steadfastly along a narrow ledge, twelve stories above the ground, to give absolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was the secular confessor of his day, always able to give absolution.
From The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
The Priest is not empowered to give absolution to every one indiscriminately.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
The cases in which a priest was forbidden to give absolution.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin
Abellino is able to protect himself without foreign aid; and, as to pardon, mortals cannot give absolution for sins like mine.
From The Bravo of Venice; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
