Look up: penitentiary

1. penitentiary
   [adj] - used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers 2. [n] - a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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2. Penitentiary
   Pen`i·ten'tia·ry adjective [ Confer French pénitentiaire .] 1. Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. 'A penitentiary tax.' Abp. Bramhall. 2. Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary...
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3. Penitentiary
   Pen`i·ten'tia·ry noun ; plural Penitentiaries . [ Confer French pénitencier . See Penitent .] 1. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. [ Obsolete] Bacon. 2. One who does penance. [...
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4. penitentiary
   Origin: Cf. F. Penitencier. See Penitent. ... 1. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. ... 2. One who does penance. ... 3. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. ... 4. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. ... 5. An office of the papal court whi...
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5. penitentiary
   adjective used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; `penitentiary institutions`
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6. penitentiary
   noun a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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7. Penitentiary
   • (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. • (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. • (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations,...
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8. penitentiary
   penitentiary 1. Of or pertaining to penance; administering, or undergoing, penance. 2. Intended for or relating to the penal and reformatory treatment of criminals. 3. A reformatory prison; a house of correction. 4. In the U.S., the place of punishment in which convicts sentenced to confinement a...
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9. penitentiary
   penitentiary: see prison.
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10. Penitentiary
    n. It is a place that prisons people who have committed serious crimes and which have been convicted by the court of law.They apply on the state and federal levels.
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11. penitentiary
    n. a state or federal prison in which convicts are held for commission of major crimes (felonies).
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12. Penitentiary
    Type of prison authorized by the 1779 Penitentiary Act, with strict discipline and hard labour, designed to reform as well as punish convicts.
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