penitentiary

• ⇰ कैदखाना
• ⇰ बन्दीगृह
• ⇰ तपस्यागृह
• ⇰ योगस्थान

• ⇰ प्रायश्चित संबन्धी

• ⇰ बन्दीगृह
• ⇰ दण्डात्मक
• ⇰ सुधारात्मक
• ⇰ बंदीगृह
• ⇰ सुधारगृह

• ⇰ One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
• ⇰ One who does penance.
• ⇰ A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
• ⇰ That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.
• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor; a prison; a jail. Colloquially often shortened to pen>.

• ⇰ Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
• ⇰ Expressive of penitence; <as>as, a <ex>penitentiary</ex> letter</as>.
• ⇰ Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.