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penitance (1120-40)
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penitance (1120-40)

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penitaunce,  penitence,  penytaunce  
  FEW:  poenitere 9,120a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  penitence 10,312c TL: penitence 7,651 DEAF:  penitence  DMF:  pénitence  TLF:  pénitence  OED:  penitence n.  MED:  penitence n.  DMLBS:  paenitentia 2077c

The lexeme penitance originated as a more Latinate form, primarily in ecclesiastical use, of penance (both ultimately from the Latin poena stem).

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1theol.(state of) repentance of sin, contrition: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Ki ad pechet bien s'en pot recorder: Par penitence s'en pot tres bien salver  S Alexis1 547
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  des pecchiez que fait avum Penitance e pardun querum  Brut WACE 8494
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Kar dit avez tut avant Que jeo ne ier pas veir repentant E que aprés ma penitence Repeirereie a ma sentence  S Clem ANTS 3791
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Penitence est ses mauls plurer  Corset ANTS 1633
2theol.penance, discipline or mortification of the flesh as an expression for repentance of sin: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  E faz ici ma penitence En jeunes e en abstinence  S Gile1 989
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  (Ysolt) Vest une bruine a sa char nue; Iloc la portoit nuit e jur [...] Mult suffre dure penitance Pur s'amur en mainte fesance  Trist thomas2 2039
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Mes façum nos cors espurger Par penitence, tut de que  S Edm Pass ANTS 1654
( MS: s.xiiim )  [...] Ke pardoné te sunt tes pechiez [...] Par cunfession, par veire penitance  Vitas 270
3eccl.liturgicalsacrament of penance (including repentance, confession, satisfaction and absolution of sin): 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  [...] de mei merci aiez. Kar jeo me repent asez! Recevez mei a penitance (Latin: suscipe me ad paenitentiam)  S Clem ANTS 3713
( MS: s.xiiim )  [A] faire penitence sunt treis choses busuignables. Icestes sunt compunctiun, con[fe]ssiun, satisfactiun  A-N Piety 296
prendre, receivre sa (etc.) penitance (de)
eccl.liturgicalto undergo the sacrament of penance (for) (including repentance, confession, satisfaction and absolution of sin): 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De ses pechiez se fist cumfés E prist sa penitence aprés  Brut WACE 14830
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  [...] u il se rendi cupable, pechiere e las, E prist sa penitence  FANT OUP 1914
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Cele receut la penitence; Entente mist a la faisance  ADGAR3 280.136
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Rollant avoyt esté le jour acomoyné e ressu penytaunce  Turpin 1160
( MS: s.xiiim )  Dunc se repenti e prist sa penitence De quant que il ot mesfeit  Vitas 127

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See also:

peine1  peiner1  peinous  peinousement  peinur1  pena  penable  penablement  penal  penalté  penance  penancerie  penant  penible  peniblement  penibleté  penif  penil3  penissement  penitancer  penitenciel 
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