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Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unpenitent :: Unpenitent (a.) Impenitent.

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

Penitently :: Penitently (adv.) In a penitent manner.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) 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..

Kneeler :: Kneeler (n.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

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

Penaunt :: Penaunt (n.) A penitent.

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..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

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

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

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