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Synonyms for capital sin


Grammar : Noun



Définition of capital sin

  • noun deadly sin
Example sentences :
  • He should know better than to succumb to the capital sin of avarice.
  • Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
  • But a too villainous curiosity was not the Abb's capital sin.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Scoundrels » by Charles Whibley
  • Indeed, the capital sin of Dublin Castle is that it is a bureaucracy which has seized upon the estate of the people.
  • Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle
  • Persecution had failed to drive Puritan ministers or their followers into what they deemed the capital sin of schism.
  • Extract from : « The Beginners of a Nation » by Edward Eggleston.
  • Above all, they consider the "brogue" to be a capital sin—talem devita.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur
  • Thinking about religion in those days was looked upon in official Christendom as a capital sin.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz

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