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Definition of Repenters
1. repenter [n] - See also: repenter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repenters
Literary usage of Repenters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1903)
"... atones for both repenters and non-repent- ers, there is an analogy in the
following. A sin and trespass offerings atone as well as the day of atonement, ..."
2. The Nether Side of New York by Edward Crapsey (1872)
"Of the remaining 30000, four-fifths, are represented by a class known as repenters,
from the fact that they repeat their visits several times each, ..."
3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1891)
"... repenters of gifts ; sluggards. Then come the strange fools and infidels, as
Saracens and Turks ; decay and ruin through them of the Catholic Faith, ..."
4. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"Yet such is the skill of these evening repenters, who though in the soundness of
their health, and perfect use of their reason, they cannot resolve to cut ..."
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