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Penitentiary
n.
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That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
Penitentiary
n.
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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.
Penitentiary
n.
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An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
Penitentiary
n.
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A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
Penitentiaryship
n.
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The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
Penitently
adv.
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In a penitent manner.
Penk
n.
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A minnow. See Pink, n., 4.
Penknives
pl.
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of Penknife
Penknife
n.
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A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.
Penmen
pl.
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of Penman
Penman
n.
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One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.
Penman
n.
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An author; a composer.
Penmanship
n.
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The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.
Pennae
pl.
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of Penna
Penna
n.
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A perfect, or normal, feather.
Pennaceous
a.
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Like or pertaining to a normal feather.
Pennach
n.
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A bunch of feathers; a plume.
Pennached
a.
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Variegated; striped.
Pennage
n.
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Feathery covering; plumage.
Pennant
n.
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A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
Pennant
n.
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A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
Pennate
a.
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Alt. of Pennated
Pennated
a.
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Winged; plume-shaped.
Pennated
a.
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Same as Pinnate.
Pennatulae
pl.
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of Pennatula
Pennatulas
pl.
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of Pennatula
Pennatula
n.
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Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches.
Pennatulacea
n. pl.
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A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria.
Penned
a.
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Winged; having plumes.
Penned
a.
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Written with a pen; composed.