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Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..

Penitently :: Penitently (adv.) In a penitent manner.

Penitentiaryship :: Penitentiaryship (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance..

Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Ash Wednesday :: Ash Wednesday () The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

Confalon :: Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents..

Penaunt :: Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

Impenitent :: Impenitent (n.) One who is not penitent.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance..

Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who does penance.

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