Penitent Meaning in Spanish

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1. (a.) Doing penance.
2. (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.
3. (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
4. (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
5. (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

1. (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.
2. (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.

1. (adv.) In a penitential manner.

1. (pl. ) of Penitentiary

1. (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
2. (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
3. (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 Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.
4. (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
5. (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
6. (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
7. (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
8. (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
9. (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
10. (n.) One who does penance.

1. (n.) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.

1. (adv.) In a penitent manner.