- nounpenitentiary (noun) · penitentiaries (plural noun)
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest charged with certain aspects of the administration of the sacrament of penance.
- an office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution.
Originlate Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’. The North American usage dates from the early 19th century.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.plural penitentiaries : a state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockupwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penitentiarynoun,plural pen·i·ten·tia·ries. a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.www.dictionary.com/browse/penitentiarypenitentiary noun /ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri/ /ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri/ (plural penitentiaries) (also informal pen) (both North American English) a prisonwww.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/engli…
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