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Amende Honorable
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Form of satisfaction inflicted on condemned criminale in France as late as the 17th century; they appeared before the ecclesiastical judge, stripped to the waist, barefoot, with candle in hand, begging pardon of God, the king, and justice.
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Entry for 'Amende Honorable'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/amende-honorable.html. 1910.