Washington Hall, located in Wheeling, is known as the Birthplace of West Virginia.. The first capitol building is known as the Linsley Institute Building, built in 1858 and served as West Virginia's capitol for seven years. The first Charleston Capitol, built in 1869-1870, was located at Capitol and Lee Streets.
noun. 1  Absolution is defined as the formal forgiveness of wrongdoing, or the act of being relieved of guilt or consequences. 2  The definition of absolution is a sacrament or religious ritual in the Catholic church where a priest grants forgiveness of sins.
Absolutism, the political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator. The essence of an absolutist system is that the ruling power is not subject to regularized challenge or check by any other agency, be it judicial, legislative, religious, economic, or electoral.