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penance

repentance of sins
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penance

Summary

penance is an activity[1]. penance draws 2,024 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #32 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • penance's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • penance is a type of religious behaviour[4].
  • penance's Commons category is recorded as Penance[5].
  • penance's has cause is recorded as repentance[6].
  • penance's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • penance's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • penance's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • penance's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • penance's different from is recorded as Penitentes[11].
  • penance's practiced by is recorded as penitent[12].

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Definition and Type

penance's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. penance is a type of religious behaviour[4].

Why It Matters

penance draws 2,024 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #32 of 272).[2] penance has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] penance is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → religious behaviour
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → activity
    Practiced by → penitent
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533825505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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