英语词汇“penitentiary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nounWord forms: plural -ries

(in the US and Canada) a state or federal prison: in Canada, esp a federal prison for offenders convicted of serious crimes

Sometimes shortened to: pen

2. Roman Catholic Church

a cleric appointed to supervise the administration of the sacrament of penance in a particular area

a priest who has special faculties to absolve particularly grave sins

a cardinal who presides over a tribunal that decides all matters affecting the sacrament of penance

this tribunal itself

adjective

3. another word for penitential (sense 1)

4. US and Canadian

(of an offence) punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary

Word origin

C15 (meaning also: an officer dealing with penances): from Medieval Latin poenitēntiārius, from Latin paenitēns penitent

单词	penitentiary
释义	Word Frequency penitentiary (ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ries 1. (in the US and Canada) a state or federal prison: in Canada, esp a federal prison for offenders convicted of serious crimes Sometimes shortened to: pen 2. Roman Catholic Church a. a cleric appointed to supervise the administration of the sacrament of penance in a particular area b. a priest who has special faculties to absolve particularly grave sins c. a cardinal who presides over a tribunal that decides all matters affecting the sacrament of penance d. this tribunal itself adjective 3. another word for penitential (sense 1) 4. US and Canadian (of an offence) punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary Word origin C15 (meaning also: an officer dealing with penances): from Medieval Latin poenitēntiārius, from Latin paenitēns penitent
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