PENITENTIARY
\pˌɛnɪtˈɛnʃjəɹɪ], \pˌɛnɪtˈɛnʃjəɹɪ], \p_ˌɛ_n_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_j_ə_ɹ_ɪ]\
Definitions of PENITENTIARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
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Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
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Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
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One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
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One who does penance.
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A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
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That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
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An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
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A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
By Oddity Software
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Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
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Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
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Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
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One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
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One who does penance.
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A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
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That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
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An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
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A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to penance or punishment for wrongdoing.
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A house of correction; a state prison.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Relating to penance: penitential.
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A penitent: an office at the court of Rome for secret bulls, etc.: a place for penance: a house of correction for offenders.
By Daniel Lyons
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A house of correction; prison for convicted offenders.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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