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Penitentiary
penitentiary
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 US a reformatory prison. 2 an office in the papal court deciding questions of penance, dispensations, etc. --adj. 1 of or concerning penance. 2 of or concerning reformatory treatment. 3 US (of an offence) making a culprit liable to a prison sentence. Phrases and idioms Grand Penitentiary a cardinal presiding over the penitentiary. Etymology: ME f. med.L paenitentiarius (adj. & n.) (as PENITENT)
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I. noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Middle English penitenciary, from Medieval Latin poenitentiarius, from poenitentia Date: 15th century 1. an officer in some Roman Catholic dioceses vested with power from the bishop to deal with cases of a nature normally handled only by the bishop, a cardinal presiding over a tribunal of the Roman curia concerned with dispensations and indulgences, a public institution in which offenders against the law are confined for detention or punishment, II. adjective Date: 1577 penitential, of, relating to, or incurring confinement in a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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