penitentiary
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English penitentiary, from Medieval Latin pēnitentiārius (“place of penitence”), from Latin paenitentia (“penitence”), term used by the Quakers in Pennsylvania during the 1790s, describing a place for penitents to dwell upon their sins.
Inflected forms:
form: penitentiaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:penitentiary.
gloss: A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.
pos: noun
gloss: One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: The Race of this Warre fell vpon the losse of Vrbin it selfe, which was the Dukes vndoubted Right; Yet in this case, no Penitentiary, (though hee had enioyned him neuer so strait Penance to expiate his first Offence,) would haue counselled him to haue giuen ouer the pursuit of his Right for Vrbin; Which after he prosperously re-obtained, […]
gloss: One who does penance.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Topics which a priest may not treat , and which bishops declare are unfit for sacramental confession even in penitentiaries, become , with either public or private approval , the subject - matter of platform speeches
gloss: An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc.; run by a cardinal called the Grand Penitentiary who is appointed by the pope.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: An officer in some dioceses since 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Of or relating to penance; penitential.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A penitentiary tax.
gloss: Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Penitentiary houses.
Related words: penitence
penitent
penitential
repent
repentance
repentant
Derived words: penitentiaryship
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: سِجْنِيّ
roman: sijniyy
lang: Belarusian
word: турэ́мны
roman: turémny
lang: Belarusian
word: цямні́чны
roman: cjamníčny
lang: Belarusian
word: астро́жны
roman: astróžny
lang: Belarusian
word: пенітэнцыя́рны
roman: pjenitencyjárny
lang: Belarusian
word: папра́ўчы
roman: papráwčy
lang: Bulgarian
word: затво́рнически
roman: zatvórničeski
lang: Bulgarian
word: пенитенциа́рен
roman: penitenciáren
lang: Bulgarian
word: изправи́телен
roman: izpravítelen
lang: Czech
word: vězeňský
lang: Danish
word: pønitentiær
lang: Danish
word: straffe-
lang: Finnish
word: vankila-
lang: French
word: pénitentiaire
lang: German
word: Gefängnis-
lang: Greek
word: σωφρονιστικός
roman: sofronistikós
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fengsels-
lang: Polish
word: więzienny
lang: Russian
word: пенитенциа́рный тюре́мный
roman: penitɛnciárnyj
lang: Russian
word: исправи́тельный
roman: ispravítelʹnyj
lang: Slovak
word: väzenský
lang: Ukrainian
word: в'язни́чний
roman: vʺjaznýčnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: тюре́мний
roman: tjurémnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: пенітенціа́рний
roman: penitenciárnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: виправни́й
roman: vypravnýj