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Sanbenito :: Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church..

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..

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

Contrite :: Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

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

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven..

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

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..

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

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

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

Confalon :: Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents..

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

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 (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Penitentially :: Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential 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..

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..

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