penitential

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Weeks later, during the penitential Yom Kippur prayers in a small Berlin synagogue, Rosenzweig reversed his decision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

It also marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

In the eyes of the German public, Stadler's guilty plea did not look particularly penitential.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023

The trip to Canada has much less pomp: “A penitential pilgrimage,” Francis recently called it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022

Besides the works which treat generally of the penitential discipline, the reader may consult with fruit Wright's letter On the Political Condition of the English Peasantry, and Moehler, p.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole