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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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PECCATOPHOBIA

Scrupulosity, or the irrational fear of sinning or of committing some crime. (Etym. Latin peccatum, fault, error, sin + Greek phobia, panic, fear of.)

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