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Synonyms for cardinal sin


Grammar : Noun



Définition of cardinal sin

  • As in mortal sin : noun unforgivable sin
Example sentences :
  • With my grandmother, to fail in the due ordering of a house was a cardinal sin.
  • Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
  • Horse stealing is the cardinal sin in the mountain desert, but Andrew felt the moment he saw her that she must be his.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Her early training had been in a church which regarded self-destruction as a cardinal sin.
  • Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It was generally that way, for Step Hen forgot, which was his most cardinal sin.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna » by Herbert Carter
  • It is the cardinal sin against which the Society of Friends have always striven.
  • Extract from : « The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury » by Asenath Carver Coolidge
  • From the foregoing estimate it may easily be gathered that imperfect technique is the cardinal sin of the average amateur poet.
  • Extract from : « Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 » by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
  • Brown left him then, with a nod that conveyed remission of cardinal sin, and a warning not to repeat the offence.
  • Extract from : « Told in the East » by Talbot Mundy
  • Ulick was too fond of his pleasures, and girls were no doubt the stencil of his cardinal sin.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Odd—when Pax had ruled, there were thought police and the cardinal sin was to be a liberal, to experiment, to seek knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
  • To persons deeply imbued with religious feeling, hypocrisy is the cardinal sin.
  • Extract from : « The Real Jesus of the Four Gospels » by J. B. Atwater

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