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

单词	penitentiary
释义	penitentiary /pen'i ten"sheuh ree/, n. , pl. penitentiaries, adj. n. 1. a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, esp. a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a tribunal in the Curia Romana, presided over by a cardinal (grand penitentiary), having jurisdiction over certain matters, as penance, confession, dispensation, absolution, and impediments, and dealing with questions of conscience reserved for the Holy See. adj. 3. (of an offense) punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary. 4. of, pertaining to, or intended for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment. 5. penitential. [1375-1425; late ME penitenciarie priest who administers penance, prison < ML penitentiarius of penance. See PENITENCE, -ARY]
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