penances Synonym

admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose, divulge, own up, come clean, fess up, concede, declare, avow, profess, grant, accept, recognize, affirm, testify, proclaim, blurt out, spill the beans, slip, come out with, make known, lay bare, bring to light, unburden, tell all, come forward, make a clean breast of, come out [x]

assemblies, gatherings, groups, communities, congregants, flocks, audiences, crowds, meetings [x]

assemblies, gatherings, meetings, groups, communities, congregants, flocks, crowds, audiences, collectives, bodies [x]

laws, rules, precepts, decrees, edicts, mandates, ordinances, statutes, directives, regulations, instructions, guidelines, principles, tenets, canons, orders, injunctions, prescriptions, dictates, commandments [x]

revere, venerate, adore, idolize, honor, glorify, exalt, praise, esteem, respect, cherish, admire, sanctify, deify, hallow, bless, laud, magnify, pay homage to, pay tribute to, bow down to, kneel before, genuflect to, pray to, offer prayers to, offer sacrifices to, show devotion to, show reverence to, show respect to, hold in high regard, hold in high esteem, hold dear, treasure, value, appreciate, love, be devoted to, be in awe of, be in reverence of, be in adoration of, be in veneration of, be in idolization of, be in exaltation of, be in glorification of, be in praise of, be in honor of, be in esteem of, be in respect of [x]

disclosure, unveiling, discovery, announcement, epiphany, manifestation, exposure, uncovering, insight, enlightenment, realization, proclamation, divulgence, declaration, revealment, illumination, apocalypse [x]

compliance, adherence, conformity, obedience, respect, following, observance, observancy, fulfillment, performance, execution, keeping, honoring, upholding, maintenance, abidance [x]

sanctification, dedication, blessing, hallowing, anointing, ordination, benediction, sanctity, devotion, veneration, exaltation, glorification, worship, canonization, enshrinement, sacralization, sanctifying [x]

refuge, haven, shelter, asylum, retreat, safe haven, sanctum, protection, sanctuary, hideaway, safe place, harbor, oasis, preserve, reserve [x]

invocation, supplication, petition, plea, entreaty, devotion, worship, orison, benediction, litany, intercession, thanksgiving, grace, blessing, hymn, psalm, chant, appeal, request, beseeching, imploration, adoration, veneration, meditation, contemplation, rosary, novena, collect, office, service, mass, liturgy, rite, ritual, observance, devotionals, prayerfulness, spirituality, piety, devoutness, sanctity, holiness, reverence, faith, creed, belief, supplicatory, beseechment [x]

praise, exaltation, adoration, veneration, worship, reverence, acclaim, commendation, admiration, homage, tribute, laudation, extolment, eulogy, panegyric, celebration, idolization, deification, apotheosis, magnification, exaltment, honor, glorifying, aggrandizement, lionization, hero-worship, sanctification, beatification, canonization, enshrinement [x]

ritual, worship, ceremony, service, rite, observance, sacrament, devotion, office, mass, eucharist, prayer, ordinance, function, celebration, solemnity, commemoration, act of worship, religious service, divine service, holy service, church service, public worship, formal worship, religious ceremony, religious observance, sacred rite, sacred ceremony, sacred service, liturgical service, liturgical worship, liturgical ceremony, liturgical observance, liturgical rite, liturgical function, liturgical celebration, liturgical solemnity, liturgical commemoration, liturgical act of worship, liturgical religious service, liturgical divine service, liturgical holy service, liturgical church service, liturgical public worship, liturgical formal worship, liturgical religious ceremony, liturgical religious observance, liturgical sacred rite, liturgical sacred ceremony, liturgical sacred service [x]

rite, ordinance, ceremony, ritual, observance, liturgy, service, act, practice, tradition, custom, devotion, worship, consecration, sanctification, blessing, anointing, communion, Eucharist, baptism, confirmation, matrimony, confession, penance, absolution, holy orders, ordination, extreme unction, last rites, sacrificial act, sacred act, religious act, divine service, holy ceremony, spiritual rite, ecclesiastical rite, church rite, holy observance, sacred observance, religious observance, holy practice, sacred practice, religious practice, holy tradition, sacred tradition, religious tradition, holy custom, sacred custom, religious custom [x]

sanctuary, temple, altar, sanctum, chapel, holy place, place, reliquary, memorial, monument, hallowed place, sacred site, place of worship, tabernacle, oratory, sanctified place, venerated place, sacred shrine, devotional site [x]

consecration, purification, blessing, hallowing, dedication sanctity, holiness, anointing veneration, sacralization, beat, canonization, glorification, spiritual, deification, exaltation, ennoblement, sacrosanctity, inviolability, sacrality [x]