Crossword-Solution: PENANCES 8 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Confession aftermaths 1 answer
Fasting and others. 1 answer
Hair shirt occasions 1 answer
Some sacraments 1 answer
Acts of reparation 2 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
ERCOLET
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with PENANCES (5)

Alexandra had found that she could often break his fasts and long penances by talking to him and letting him pour out the thoughts that troubled him.
O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991
The Senora, in a plain black serge gown, and black rebozo over her head, spent her time in prayers and penances.
Remember the Alamo Amelia E. Barr 2008
They submitted with humility to the penances laid upon them, and by reason of their having voluntarily turned their hearts to desire absolution from their sins, without any pressure from the elders of the church, their penance was lightened so far as it was possible, and they were gently admonished to arrange their lives with wisdom for the well-being of their souls, and, after receiving absolution in full, to live henceforward in purity.
Grettir The Strong Unknown 2008
Priests, convents, beads, prayers, processions, fastings, penances, all the same, not forgetting anchorites and vermin, he! he! The pope they found under the title of the grand lama, a sucking child surrounded by an immense number of priests.
The Romany Rye George Borrow 2007
March’s grave face relaxed, in spite of her efforts to keep sober, when she heard him declare that he would atone for his sins by all sorts of penances, and abase himself like a worm before the injured damsel.
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1996

Quotes with PENANCES (1)

It is not so much what people suffer that makes the world mysterious; it is rather how much they miss when they suffer. They seem to forget that even as children they made obstacles in their games in order to have something to overcome. Why, then, when they grow into man’s estate, should there not be prizes won by effort and struggle? Cannot the spirit of man rise with adversity as the bird rises against the resistance of the wind? Do not the game fish swim upstream? Must not…
Fulton J. Sheen
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, WSJ.

Used 4 times in crossword archives (1957–2004).