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

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

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

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

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life..

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

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..

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..

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

Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

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..

Penaunt :: Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

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

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

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

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..

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

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