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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.

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..

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

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

Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.

Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

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

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

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

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

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

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter..

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

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

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

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

Repentant :: Repentant (n.) One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent..

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