Definitionadj. warranting only temporal punishment
Last update: February 23, 2017
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According to Father Patrick Morrisroe, dean and professor of liturgy at Maynooth, the efficacy of benedictions is fourfold: (1) the excitation of pious emotions and affections of the heart, and by their means the remission of venial sins and of the temporal punishments due for these; (2) freedom from the power of evil spirits; (3) preservation and restoration of bodily health; (4) various other benefits, temporal and spiritual. [adjective]
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A venial sin, for you acted without evil intention. [adjective]
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A venial, or a mortal, sin. [adjective]
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Let us remark in passing, that the burial of Mother Crucifixion under the altar of the convent is a perfectly venial offence in our sight. [adjective]
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Besides this confession in a loud tone, for which all faults in the least serious are reserved, they have for their venial offences what they call the coulpe. [adjective]
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Surely Jim's sin in robbing a railway must be regarded as a venial one. [Please select]
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