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seven deadly sins

British  

plural noun

  1. a fuller name for the deadly sins

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seven deadly sins Cultural  

  1. Widely known in the Middle Ages as sins that lead to damnation. They are: pride, covetousness (greed), lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. (See mortal sin/venial sin.)

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Seven deadly sins, seven swords of sorrow in the heart of the Virgin, seven champions of Christendom, seemed obvious and reasonable things to believe in simply because they were seven.

From Bernard Shaw's Preface to Androcles and the Lion by Shaw, Bernard

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