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

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

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

Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

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..

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..

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

Litany :: Litany (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

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

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