Sentences with 'absolved'
Example sentences and phrases with the word absolved and other words derived from it.
• « Penitents confessed their sins to the priest, who absolved them and assigned them a penance to atone for their actions and save them from eternal damnation. Thus, the parish priest had enormous power over the lives of his parishioners. »
• « Martin Luther was a German Catholic monk who took issue with the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences, documents that absolved sinners of their errant behaviour. »
• « The representatives affirmed: "That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown. And for the support of this Declaration, ... we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honour." »