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wear on sackcloth and ashes — wear, put on, etc. ˌsackcloth and ˈashes idiom to behave in a way that shows that you are sorry for sth that you have done Main entry: ↑sackclothidiom … Useful english dictionary
in dust and ashes — phrasal 1. : with dust and ashes put on the head as a sign of grief or humiliation 2. : with repentance and sorrow : in sackcloth and ashes … Useful english dictionary
Church and state in medieval Europe — The relationship between the Church and the feudal states during the medieval period went through a number of developments, roughly from the end of the Roman Empire through to the beginning of the Reformation. The events of the struggles for… … Wikipedia
mourn — v 1. grieve, sorrow, lament, ache, suffer, eat one s heart out, be sad, be anguished, bewail, bemoan; weep for, be sorry for, deplore, regret, repine, rue, rue the day; yearn, languish, despair; break down, give way, melt into tears, cry one s… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
expiate — v atone, make amends, make up for, offset, redeem; do penance, shrive, pay, pay the penalty, pay the piper; recompense, make reparation; redress, right, remedy; go to confession, wash away one s sins; put on sackcloth and ashes, beat one s breast … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Esther 4 — 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 2 And came even before the king s gate: for none might enter … The King James version of the Bible
Lamentation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Expression of pain. < N PARAG:Lamentation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lament lament lamentation Sgm: N 1 wail wail complaint plaint murmur mutter grumble groan moan whine … English dictionary for students
Born again (Christianity) — New Birth redirects here. For other uses, see New Birth (disambiguation). In Christianity, born again refers to a spiritual rebirth (regeneration) of the human soul or spirit, contrasted with the physical birth everyone experiences. The origin of … Wikipedia
Penitence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Penitence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 penitence penitence contrition compunction repentance remorse Sgm: N 1 regret regret &c. 833 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 self reproach self reproach self repro … English dictionary for students
MORDECAI — (Heb. מָרְדֳּכַי ,מָרְדֳּכָי hypocoristic masculine proper name containing the theophoric element Marduk), name of two Biblical figures: 1) One of the 12 leaders who returned from Babylonia to Jerusalem at the time of Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
