Penitentiary definitions

Penitentiary

1) Prison 2) Punitive 3) Punitory
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Penitentiary

1) Punitive 2) Punitory
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penitentiary

n. a state or federal prison in which convicts are held for commission of major crimes (felonies).
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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, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Pe...
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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 which examines cases of conscience, confession, absol...
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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.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21213

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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 letter. 3. Used for punishment, dis...
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Penitentiary

A state or federal prison for convicted criminals.
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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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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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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 and hard labor are confined by the authority of the...
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penitentiary

adjective used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; `penitentiary institutions`
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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penitentiary

[Literary terms] a correctional institution for those convicted of crimes
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