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penitentiary

Length / number of characters: 12
Number of words: 1

  • a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
  • showing or constituting penance
  • used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
  • Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance
  • Expressive of penitence
  • Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation
  • One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance
  • One who does penance
  • A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed
  • That part of a church to which penitents were admitted
  • 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
  • An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him
  • A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor

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