Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who sins or does wrong; a transgressor.
- noun A scamp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who sins; one who disobeys or transgresses the divine law.
- noun One who fails in any duty or transgresses any law; an offender; a criminal.
- To act as a sinner: with indefinite it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
- intransitive verb Humorous To act as a sinner.
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- noun a person who has
sinned
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who sins (without repenting)
Etymologies
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Examples
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S. Augustine says [244]: "If God did not hear sinners, in vain would the publican have said, _God be merciful to me a sinner_"; and S. Chrysostom says [245]: "_Every one that asketh receiveth_ -- that is, whether he be just man or sinner."
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life Aquinas Thomas 1907
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The grace of God in calling a sinner is a powerful engagement to holiness.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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“He would be what we call a sinner and he needs to make a change in his life.”
Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007
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“He would be what we call a sinner and he needs to make a change in his life.”
Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007
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“He would be what we call a sinner and he needs to make a change in his life.”
Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007
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“He would be what we call a sinner and he needs to make a change in his life.”
Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007
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Interestingly, in Jewish society today, the job title tax collector has become synonymous with the word sinner!
The Courage To Be Christian MIKE NAPPA 2001
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You see a sinner is always a sinner and in danger of damnation, for which there is but one cure, but a sick man may have quinsy or he may have diphtheria, and the treatment is different.
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God's goodness realized by the sinner is the only thing that leads to true repentance (Ho 3: 5; Lu 7: 37, 38).
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English narrator, who was, as he told the missionary, "what you call a sinner, what I call a sweep," but repented in time.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
jmjarmstrong commented on the word sinner
JM knows that everyone does the wrong thing, sinner or later.
August 26, 2011