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

Miserere :: Miserere (n.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere..

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

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

Impenitent :: Impenitent (a.) Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart.

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..

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

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

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

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

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

Sanbenito :: Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church..

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

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

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

Penitentially :: Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential manner.

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

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