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Penitent
a.
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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.
Penitent
a.
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Doing penance.
Penitent
n.
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One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
Penitent
n.
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One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
Penitent
n.
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One under the direction of a confessor.
Penitential
a.
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Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.
Penitential
n.
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A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.
Penitentially
adv.
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In a penitential manner.
Penitentiary
a.
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Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
Penitentiary
a.
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Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
Penitentiary
a.
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Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
Penitentiaries
pl.
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of Penitentiary
Penitentiary
n.
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One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
Penitentiary
n.
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One who does penance.
Penitentiary
n.
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A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
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.