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- penitential
- Of or relating to penitent (Feeling or expressing remorse for one’s misdeeds or sins)
- pious
- Having or exhibiting religious reverence
- armorial
- having to do with coats of arms
- imbued
- To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade
- emaciated
- To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
- palliate
- moderate, cover over, lessen in intensity
- balked
- To stop short and refuse to go on
- celestial
- Of or relating to the sky or the heavens
- odious
- Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
- implicitly
- Implied or understood though not directly expressed
- antipathy
- An object of aversion
- abhorrence
- One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent
- preternatural
- abnormal, transcending natural order
- abstruse
- Difficult to understand; recondite
- efficacious
- Producing or capable of producing a desired effect
- etherealized
- To make or become ethereal (Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible)
- apostolic
- Of or relating to the pope as the successor of Saint Peter; papal
- totter
- To sway as if about to fall
- veneration
- Profound respect or reverence
- omniscience
- Having total knowledge; knowing everything
- vile
- Loathsome; disgusting
- abomination
- Abhorrence; disgust
- loathed
- To dislike (someone or something) greatly; abhor
- vigils
- A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.
- pith
- Strength; vigor; mettle??? i think
- impalpable
- Difficult to perceive or grasp by the mind
- attiring
- To dress or clothe, especially in fine or elaborate garments
- sexton
-
An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and
digging graves. - mortality
- Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life
- inimical
- Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse: habits inimical to good health; Unfriendly; hostile
- retribution
- Something justly deserved; recompense.
- importunate
- Troublesomely urgent or persistent in requesting; pressingly entreating
- iniquity
- A grossly immoral act; a sin.
- propagate
- To cause (an organism) to multiply or breed