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The Confessions is a type of autobiography and as well as a type of defense against his enemies.  

Confession of St. Patrick Vocabulary Flashcards PDF File — Print it !

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utmost — total, maximum, greatest

abjection — downcast, humbling, rejection, low state/condition

expedient — advantageous, suitable, politic, advisable, practical

deigned — lower oneself, stoop, condescend

bestow — offer, give, present

chastened — discipline, whip, punish

ineffably — unspeakable, unutterable

advent — coming, appearance, arrival

immortality — eternal life

Trinity — triune Godhead, Three in One (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit)

testimony — affirmation, statement, declaration

belieth — give false impression, misrepresent, contradict

imbibed - drink, absorb, take in

savour — taste or smell

presumption — assumption; to assume

concise — brief, short, to the point

rusticity — (rustic) countrified; relating to country life or people

exiled — without a country, homeless

humiliated — ashamed, embarrassed

mire — swamp, bog, ooze, mud, marsh

appraise — evaluate, assess, go over

conveyed — transferred, given, offered

consolation — comfort, sympathy, encouragement

decease — die, perish, cease

bequest — inheritance, gift

sloth — habitual idleness

fervent — passionate, eager, earnest

indignation — ire, anger, fury

assailed — assault, attack, raid

sustained — believed, adhered to, held

tribulation — hardship, affliction, distress

divine — godly, almighty, God-like

deserted — abandoned, forsaken

Apostle — zealous advocate, proselytizer, disciple

infirmities — sicknesses

advocate — supporter, defender, promoter

laborious — difficult, tiresome, wearisome

episcopate — diocese, bishopric (Christian governor of an area)

affliction — hardship, trouble, adversity

sojourner — traveller, person that makes a journey, tenant, lodger, renter, boarder

purged — cleansed, purified

magnify — enlarge, increase, amplify

equanimity — poise, composure, dignity

tedious — tiresome, dull, exhausting, fatiguing

salutary — promoting health; improvement; something beneficial

offended — insulted, affronted

donors — those that contribute

acquiesce — consent, comply

reproach — blame, condemn, abuse

Gentiles — a non-Jew

diligently — industrious, hardworking

exhorts — advise strongly, admonish, urge earnestly

consummation — fulfillment, goal, end

admonished — warn, advise, exhort

laudably — commendable, praiseworthy

continence — self-restraint, purity, virtue

presume — assume, conclude, presuppose

folly — foolishness, stupidity

malice — hostility, viciousness

blasphemed — curse, swear, revile

pretext — excuse, guise

infidels — unbeliever, nonbeliever, humanists

defame — slander, malign

scruple — principle; to obeyh conscience; ethical

conferred — granted, given, bestowed

covetousness — greed, envy

exalted — raise high, raise, high estimation

commend — laud, praise, compliment

sustain — support, uphold

ambassador — diplomat, representative

chalice — drinking container, glass, goblet

perseverance — determination, steadfastness

conformable — similar, resembling

Amen — so be it!, assent, approval

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