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Amende Honorable

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Form of satisfaction inflicted on condemned criminale in France as late as the 17th century; they appeared before the ecclesiastical judge, stripped to the waist, barefoot, with candle in hand, begging pardon of God, the king, and justice.

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Entry for 'Amende Honorable'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/amende-honorable.html. 1910.
 
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