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

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who does penance.

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

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 (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.

Unconverted :: Unconverted (a.) Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent.

Penitentiaries :: Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiar.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

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

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

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

Penitence :: Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..

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

Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Penitent; sorry for sin.

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..

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

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