Bengali Meaning of penitentiary

পেনিটেন্সিয়ারি

Other Bengali words related to পেনিটেন্সিয়ারি

Definitions and Meaning of penitentiary in English

Wordnet

penitentiary (n)

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Wordnet

penitentiary (s)

used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers

showing or constituting penance

Webster

penitentiary (a.)

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

Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.

Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.

Webster

penitentiary (n.)

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.

An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

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

FAQs About the word penitentiary

পেনিটেন্সিয়ারি

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes, used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers, showing or constituting penanceRelatin

জেল,কারাগার,বাস্তিল,বড়বাড়ি,ব্রাইডওয়েল,ব্রিগ,খাঁচা,কালাবুশ,কুলার,কুপ

বাইরে

penitentiaries => পেনিটেন্সিয়ারি, penitentially => অনুতাপপূর্ণভাবে, penitential => তপস্যা চর্যা, penitent => অনুতপ্ত, penitency => প্রায়শ্চিত্ত,