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# sinner

«sinner» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who has done something wrong according to a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sinner, sinners)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sinner is a person who has done something wrong according to a religion's rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#m1)

2) (joking) A sinner is anyone who has done something a bit naughty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religious stories and lessons. Jokingly: «I'm a sinner — I ate the last biscuit». Phrases: «saints and sinners», «a reformed sinner».

### examples

- The priest said all sinners can be forgiven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#x1)
- In the story, the sinner asked for forgiveness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#x2)
- (joking) Who's the sinner who ate my chocolate? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#x3)
- The play was about saints and sinners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#x4)
- The old gentleman said: "It is true; I am a hardened sinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/#x5)

### note

From «sin» + double n + -er. Mostly a religious word.

### In the corpora

- [Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners and touched people with leprosy, whom others avoided.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/13/)
- [Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.347/)
- [But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.29/)
- [The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.695/)
- [Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sinner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.