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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20659" /> ==

<p> The first day of Lent, when, in the primitive church, notorious sinners were put to open penance thus: They appeared at the church door barefooted, and clothed in sackcloth, where, being examined, their discipline was proportioned according to their offences; after which, being brought into the church, the bishop singing the seven penitential psalms, they prostrated themselves, and with tears begged absolution; the whole congregation having ashes on their heads, to signify, that they were both mortal and deserved to be burnt to ashes for their sins. </p>

<ref name="term_20659"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/wednesday,+ash Ash Wednesday from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref>