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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Penitential  \Pen`i*ten"tial\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  p['e]nitentiel.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  penitence,  or  to  penance;  expressing 
  penitence;  of  the  nature  of  penance;  as  the  penitential 
  book;  penitential  tears.  ``Penitential  stripes.''  --Cowper. 
 
  Guilt  that  all  the  penitential  fires  of  hereafter  can 
  not  cleanse.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Penitential  \Pen`i*ten"tial\,  n.  (R.  C.  Ch.) 
  A  book  formerly  used  by  priests  hearing  confessions, 
  containing  rules  for  the  imposition  of  penances;  --  called 
  also  {penitential  book}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  penitential 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  penitence  or  penance;  "the  Day  of 
  Atonement  is  the  great  penitential  day  of  the  Hebrew 
  calendar" 
  2:  showing  or  constituting  penance;  "penitential  tears";  "wrote 
  a  penitential  letter  apologizing  for  her  hasty  words" 




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