Deadly sin

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

    "There are deadly sins from which God's people may recover. A man may even communicate unworthily, and yet, so be it he sin not against the Holy Ghost, he may find forgiveness."

  2. 2
    an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace wordnet

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"There are deadly sins from which God's people may recover. A man may even communicate unworthily, and yet, so be it he sin not against the Holy Ghost, he may find forgiveness."