Words Like PENITENTIARY
We have put together a list of words that are similar to PENITENTIARY.
1 Alternative Words Similar to penitentiary
2 examples of penitentiary
1
a penitentiary letter
2
wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words
10 definitions of penitentiary
1
Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
2
Expressive of penitence.
3
Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
4
One who prescribes the rules and measures of 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 office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.
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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; a prison; a jail. Colloquially often shortened to pen.