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penitentiary
  1. (US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons.
  2. A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.
  3. (obsolete) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
  4. (obsolete) One who does penance.
  5. (obsolete) A small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
  6. (obsolete) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc.; run by a cardinal called the Grand Penitentiary who is appointed by the pope.
  7. (obsolete) An officer in some dioceses since 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “As she gazed at her new domicile, Virginia did not feel at home, but rather as if she was being sent into a penitentiary.”
penance
penitent
  1. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.
  2. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  3. One under the direction of a confessor.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The penitent sought solace in prayer, pleading for forgiveness for their past transgressions.”
penitence
  1. Condition of being penitent.
  2. Feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Such is his infinite penitence and regret that he looks out on the world and the bereaved family through a window of tears.”
      “Even Fischer, who has faced most criticism, has meekly put on sackcloth and ashes and done penitence.”
      “This Ash Wednesday text by Brian Wren invokes the Holy Spirit to help us through this time of penitence and self-examination.”
penitencer
  1. (obsolete) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
penitentiaryship
  1. The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
penitential
  1. a book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance
penitant
  1. Obsolete spelling of penitent
penitency
penitentiaries
  1. plural of penitentiary
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  3. Examples:
    1. “According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities.”
      “When she walked through the mines and penitentiaries the prisoners there often appeared surprised at her hopelessness.”
      “Since then, I have been doing this work with 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States.”
penitentials
  1. plural of penitential
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the first sense, the penitentials prescribed permanent or temporary peregrinatio as penance for certain infractions.”
      “She provides a brilliant instance of this elusiveness by interpreting their rigorous penitentials as hope-filled guides to spirituality.”
      “On the present festive occasion he emerged from his room, when the blithe bells were going, the picture of misery, in a full suit of Sunday penitentials.”
penitencers
  1. plural of penitencer
penitences
penitencies
penitants
  1. plural of penitant
penitents
  1. plural of penitent
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Father Gregory was used to the awkward silence of penitents, especially those who had not confessed in years.”
      “On this Tamil festival, penitents pierce their bodies, tongues, and cheeks while some march on shoes of nails.”
      “It would entail suspension from Eucharistic communion and taking one's seat in a special part of the church building reserved for penitents.”
penances
  1. plural of penance
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Neighboring monks became upset with him over a theological dispute, and his health deteriorated under the rigors of his fasting and penances.”
      “In the bitter cold of winter, the yogi undertook various penances which, it was said, gave him great powers.”
      “His earlier life of self-indulgence had been unsatisfying, as was his six-year experiment with ascetic penances.”
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