If the accused was violently suspected, he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment, but the inquisitor had the power of mitigating the sentence, if he judged that the prisoner repented sincerely.
In 1350, Father Nicholas Roselli discovered a sect of heretics named Begards, whose chief was named Jacobus Justis; they were all reconciled, and Jacobus was condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
For some reason, however, not specified in the sentence, he was only condemned to degradation from orders and to perpetual imprisonment.
Abjuration saved them from the stake, but the sentence of perpetual imprisonment in chains was a doubtful mercy for those who were sentenced, while a number were kept interminably in jail awaiting judgment.
Morael, however, earned his pardon by revealing the names of all the conspirators; and Moubray, sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, was conveyed to the castle of Windsor.
This was interpreted into a desire to see him waste away, and she was accordingly sentenced to perpetual imprisonment.
A few days after the coronation, Titus Oates was brought to the bar of the Queen's Bench to be tried over again, though he was already under sentence of perpetual imprisonment.
Her punishment was commuted to perpetual imprisonment, with "the bread of sorrow and the water of affliction," which consisted of a stale loaf and a pull at the pump once a day, as her only nourishment.
Fifteen of these were sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, the galleys for life, fines, or temporary imprisonment, according to the nature of their offenses.
Theoretically a heretic who escaped the stake by confession was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment.
She was led out gagged, and, wearing the sanbenito, received two hundred lashes followed by perpetual imprisonment.
In Seville alone, according to Llorente, two hundred and ninety-eight persons were burnt in less than a year, and seventy-nine were condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
If they consented, they were received as penitents, and condemned on the spot to perpetual imprisonment; if they did not consent, they were handed over to the secular arm.
The result was a sentence of perpetual imprisonment.
It was resolved that his voice should be heard no more on earth; and he was therefore consigned to the living death of perpetual imprisonment.
During the Auto, though he could not speak, his countenance showed the steadfastness of his soul--a steadfastness which even the sight of his beloved wife amongst those condemned to perpetual imprisonment failed to disturb.
Even the contrite heretic, received back into the fold, may have to undergo so severe a penance as perpetual imprisonment.
Overcome by repeated tortures, he threw himself upon the mercy of the court; found guilty on the first charge, he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
Consequently the sentence of perpetual banishment was commuted into that of perpetual imprisonment.
She had declared publicly that Louis XIV had consigned his elder brother to perpetual imprisonment, and that the mask was necessitated by the close resemblance of the two brothers to each other.
In 1777, Madame Derues was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, and confined at the Salpetriere.
Inquisitor of Carcassonne to release Bidon de Puy-Guillem, condemned to perpetual imprisonment, and repentant, the reason given for papal intervention being that there existed no other power to commute the sentence.
Can you accomplish your object by perpetual imprisonment?
In fact, it revealed such outrages that Robert the Bougre was at first suspended from his office, and finally condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "perpetual imprisonment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
