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contrites

contrites is the plural of contrite.

Meaning of contrite

Noun

contrite (plural contrites)

  1. A contrite person; a penitent.
    • Secondly, that even where contrition or inward repentance doth cleanſe without abſolution ; the reaſon why it cometh ſo to paſs, is, becauſe ſuch contrites intend and deſire Abſolution, though they have it not.a. 1600, Richard Hooker [uncertain], “Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie”, in The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker, London: J. Best, published 1662, book VI, page 178

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Questions about contrites

What is contrites the plural of?
Contrites is the plural of contrite.

Words near contrites in the dictionary

  1. contristing
  2. contrists
  3. contrite
  4. contritely
  5. contriteness
  6. contrites
  7. contrition
  8. contritions
  9. contrivable
  10. contrivance
  11. contrivances

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