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n. (plural of venial sin English)
Usage examples of "venial sins".
With regard to the second, both parties were agreed in the belief of an intermediate state of purgation for the venial sins of the faithful.
Transform their venial sins into mortal ones, their mortal sins into no mere turn of phrase.
Now shall men understand that while no earthly man may avoid all venial sins, yet may he keep them down by the burning love that he has to Our Lord Jesus Christ, and by prayer and confession, and by other good deeds.
Once, at his request, she had reeled off a whole list of mortal and venial sins.
To allow a girl who may be guilty of nothing more than venial sins to be devoured by Chernobog?
Why, it might have fallen into the hands of some intemperate inebriate and thus contributed to all manner of venial sins.
Like an avenging fury, Cadfael thought later, like a scavenging raven swooping through the Foregate to hunt out little venial sins, and consign the sinners to damnation.
She wasn't about to let her men drag out her venial sins like soiled linen to be scrubbed clean in front of company.
All I had on my conscience were a few venial sins of frivolous fornication, plus an uncharitable wish to do Marc and Luc grievous bodily harm because of the cruel way they'd sobered me up.
With power comes responsibility, and abuses of this responsibility deserve our contempt more than do the venial sins of the powerless.
In the prison down there, you guys have all sorts of venial sins, but only one mortal one: teleportation.