Penitentiaries example sentences

pen·i·ten·tia·ry

noun

penitentiaries (plural noun)

  - a prison for people convicted of serious crimes.

  - (in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest charged with certain aspects of the administration of the sacrament of penance.

  - an office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution.

Synonyms

prison, lockup, guardhouse, jailhouse, stockade, inside, stir, chokey, bird, quod, pound, roundhouse, bagnio, borstal, bridewell, tollbooth, bastille, reformatory

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