English | German | |
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absolution (for sins); declaration of forgiveness of sins (after confession) | Absolution {f}; Lossprechung {f} von Sünden (nach der Beichte) [relig.] | |
general absolution | Generalabsolution {f} | |
to give sb. absolution; to shrive sb. {shrove; shriven} [dated] | jdm. die Absolution erteilen | |
to receive absolution | die Absolution erhalten | |
confession; shrift [obs.]; Sacrament of Penance [former name]; Sacrament of Reconciliation | Beichte {f}; Bußsakrament {n} [veraltend]; Sakrament {n} der Versöhnung [relig.] | |
first reconciliation | Erstbeichte {f} | |
to go to confession | zur Beichte gehen; beichten gehen | |
to make one's confession to sb. | die Beichte ablegen bei jdm. | |
to hear sb.'s confession; to confess sb.; to shrive sb. {shrove; shriven} [dated] | jdm. die Beichte abnehmen |