Definition of Penace
Penance, in the Roman Catholic Church an expression of penitence as
well as the sacrament of absolution; also the suffering to which a
penitent voluntarily subjects himself, according to the schoolmen, as an
expression of his penitence, and in punishment of his sin; the three
steps of penitence were contrition, confession, and satisfaction.
- Wikipedia
Pen"ance (?), n. [OF. penance,
peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See
Penitence.] 1. Repentance. [Obs.]
Wyclif (Luke xv. 7).
2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] "Joy
or penance he feeleth none." Chaucer.
3. (Eccl.) A means of repairing a sin
committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the
performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a
punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth
of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. Schaff-
Herzog Encyc.
And bitter penance, with an iron
whip. Spenser.
Quoth he, "The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do." Coleridge.
Pen"ance, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Penanced (?).] To impose penance; to
punish. "Some penanced lady elf." Keats.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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