English-Thai Dictionary

penitentiary

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ ดัดสันดาน  kiao-kab-kan-dad-san-dan

 

penitentiary

N สถาน ดัดสันดาน  คุก  prison penal institution cloister jail confined place sa-ta-dad-san-dan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENITENTIARY

a.Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.

 

PENITENTIARY

n.One that prescribes the rules and measures of penance. 1. A penitent; one that does penance.
2. At the court of Rome, an office in which are examined and delivered out the secret bulls, graces or dispensations relating to cases of conscience, confession, etc.
3. An officer in some cathedrals, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him. The pope has a grand penitentiary, who is a cardinal and is chief of the other penitentiaries.
4. A house of correction in which offenders are confined for punishment and reformation, and compelled to labor; a workhouse. A state prison is a penitentiary.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENITENTIARY

Pen `i *ten "tia *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. 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, discipline, and reformation. "Penitentiary houses." Blackstone.

 

PENITENTIARY

Pen `i *ten "tia *ry, n.; pl. Penitentiaries. Etym: [Cf. F. pénitencier. See Penitent. ]

 

1. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

2. One who does penance. [Obs. ] Hammond.

 

3. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. Shpiley.

 

4. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. Shipley.

 

5. (R. C. Ch. ) (a ) 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. (b ) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

 

6. A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.

 

PENITENTIARYSHIP

PENITENTIARYSHIP Pen `i *ten "tia *ry *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court. [R.] Wood.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

penitentiary

pen i ten tia ry |ˌpenəˈtenSHərē ˌpɛnəˈtɛn (t )ʃ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. penitentiaries ) 1 a prison for people convicted of serious crimes. 2 (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. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law ): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance. ’ Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

penitentiary

penitentiary |ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. penitentiaries ) 1 N. Amer. a prison for people convicted of serious crimes. 2 (in the Roman Catholic Church ) a priest appointed to administer penance. • an office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law ): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance ’. The North American usage dates from the early 19th cent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

penitentiary

pen i ten tia ry /pènɪténʃ (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ries C 1 ｟主に米 かたく ｠刑務所 (jail ).2 〘カトリック 〙贖罪 （しよくざい ）師, 内赦 （ないしや ）院 .形容詞 1 後悔の ; 贖罪の .2 懲戒 [更正 ]のための .3 ｟米 ｠〈犯罪が 〉刑務所入りの .