give absolution
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Fashionable Monsignor Royford crawls steadfastly along a narrow ledge, twelve stories above the ground, to give absolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ride quickly into the city, and bid the priests come forth to hear the confessions and give absolution to the dying.
From A Heroine of France by Evelyn Everett-Green
Shrive, shrīv, v.t. to hear a confession from and give absolution to.—v.i. to receive confession: to make such:—pa.t. shrōve or shrīved; pa.p. shriv′en.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
He was the secular confessor of his day, always able to give absolution.
From The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Sir Max Beerbohm
A priest is now, however, in attendance at every fight to give absolution in the event of a fatal accident.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
