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  • English Word Peninsulating Definition of Peninsulate
  • English Word Penis Definition The male member, or organ of generation.
  • English Word Penitence Definition The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.
  • English Word Penitencer Definition A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
  • English Word Penitency Definition Penitence.
  • English Word Penitent Definition 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.
  • English Word Penitent Definition Doing penance.
  • English Word Penitent Definition One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
  • English Word Penitent Definition One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
  • English Word Penitent Definition One under the direction of a confessor.
  • English Word Penitential Definition Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.
  • English Word Penitential Definition A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.
  • English Word Penitentially Definition In a penitential manner.
  • English Word Penitentiaries Definition of Penitentiary
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition One who does penance.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition 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.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
  • English Word Penitentiary Definition A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
  • English Word Penitentiaryship Definition The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
  • English Word Penitently Definition In a penitent manner.
  • English Word Penk Definition A minnow. See Pink, n., 4.
  • English Word Penknife Definition A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.
  • English Word Penknives Definition of Penknife
  • English Word Penman Definition One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.