Sentence examples for exacted penance from inspiring English sources

Exact(1)

Some monastic libraries, however, are known to have allowed the monks to borrow books for study in their cells; the Rule of St. Benedict explicitly permitted this, and the librarian exacted penance from any monk unable to confirm that he had actually read his book.

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He urged them to use less force against the protesters but then appeared to contradict himself by saying rather mysteriously: "What is exacting penance?

Revenge exacted.

Timeless and troubling, these "scary fairy tales" grapple with accidents of fate and weaknesses of human nature that exact a heavy penance.

For penance.

5 Penance.

My penance was twofold.

They called it penance.

That's a penance.

She received penance.

Marty paid his penance.

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