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Domingo Cunnanan, 38, said he had been a "penitente" for 16 years, but had graduated to being one of the Kristos since 2007.
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Domingo Cunnanan, 38, said he had been a "penitente" for 16 years, but had graduated to being one of the Kristos since 2007.
WordPress.com News 2009
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Domingo Cunnanan, 38, said he had been a "penitente" for 16 years, but had graduated to being one of the Kristos since 2007.
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'penitente'; who I dare say had no occasion for his good advice.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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'penitente'; who I dare say had no occasion for his good advice.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Near sunset we poked around the ghost town of Dolores with its penitente church, the ruined altar disconcertingly decked with fresh flowers.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Near sunset we poked around the ghost town of Dolores with its penitente church, the ruined altar disconcertingly decked with fresh flowers.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Near sunset we poked around the ghost town of Dolores with its penitente church, the ruined altar disconcertingly decked with fresh flowers.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Near sunset we poked around the ghost town of Dolores with its penitente church, the ruined altar disconcertingly decked with fresh flowers.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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I also remembered a large church--- or possibly a penitente morada--- on the main road through Truchas, with a wide alcove over the main door painted with the pyramid and the All-Seeing-Eye.
Archive 2006-10-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006
travismcdermott commented on the word penitente
1838 'TEXIAN' Mexico vs. Texas vi. 79 The procession is rendered shocking and repulsive, by penitentes, who walk at the head of the cortege, naked from the waist upwards.
June 8, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word penitente
Oddee: 'These amazing ice spikes, generally known as penitentes due to their resemblance to processions of white-hooded monks, can be found on mountain glaciers and vary in size dramatically: from a few centimetres to 5 metres in height.'
April 30, 2009
reesetee commented on the word penitente
See also penitentes.
May 2, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word penitente
Penitentes, or nieves penitentes (Spanish for "penitent-shaped snows"), are snow formations found at high altitudes. They take the form of elongated, thin blades of hardened snow or ice, closely spaced and pointing towards the general direction of the sun.
November 2, 2018