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Definition of Sinner
1. Noun. A person who sins (without repenting).
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer
Specialized synonyms: Magdalen
Specialized synonyms: Mary Magdalen, Mary Magdalene, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Mary Magdalene
Derivative terms: Sin
Definition of Sinner
1. n. One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
2. v. i. To act as a sinner.
Definition of Sinner
1. Noun. a person who has sinned ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinner
1. one that sins [n -S] - See also: sins
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinner
Literary usage of Sinner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"430) tells the sinner: "an abscess had formed in your conscience; it tormented you
... 254) compares the sinner to those whose stomachs are overloaded with ..."
2. An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Pierre Bayle (1826)
"WOMAN WHO WAS A sinner. (Identity of. ... that the woman that was a sinner, Mary
Magdalen, and Mary the sister of Lazarus, are three different women; ..."
3. Sermons by Jean-Baptiste Massillon, Jean Le Rond d' Alembert (1839)
"They figure to themselves, as horrible, the lot of a sinner who expires in his
iniquity and ... They wish to live the life of a sinner, yet, nevertheless, ..."
4. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson (1887)
"The Lord turn the heart of such a poor sinner, that he may lay hold of mercy in
... IT is with a poor humbled sinner as it is with a malefactor or traitor, ..."
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