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• Absolution — Ab so*lu tion, n. [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See {Absolve}.] 1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. Government . . . granting absolution to the nation. Froude. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Absolution day — Absolution Ab so*lu tion, n. [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See {Absolve}.] 1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. Government . . . granting absolution to the nation.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• absolution — noun /æbsəˈluːʃən,æb.solˈu.ʃʌn/ a) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. , Government ... granting absolution to the nation. b) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by… …   Wiktionary

• Absolution — • The remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Absolution     Absolution      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• François de la Chaise — (August 25, 1624 January 20, 1709) was a French Jesuit priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of FranceBiographyFrançois de la Chaise was born at the Château of Aix in (Aix la Fayette, Puy de Dôme, Auvergne), being the son of Georges d… …   Wikipedia

• Nicholas Bozon — (fl. c. 1320), or Nicole Bozon, was an Anglo Norman writer and Franciscan friar. He spent most of his life in the East Midlands and East Anglia. Nicholas may have belonged to the Bozon family of Norfolk. He may have studied at Oxford University.… …   Wikipedia

• priest — priestless, adj. priestlike, adj., adv. /preest/, n. 1. a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings. 2. (in Christian use) a. a person ordained to the sacerdotal or pastoral office; a member of… …   Universalium

• Indulgences — • A remission of the temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Indulgences     Indulgences      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia