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contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life. Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. Milton. The pound he tamed, the penitent he cheered. Dryden.

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.

In a penitential manner.

Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. "A penitentiary tax." Abp. Bramhall.

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

In a penitent manner.

Any species of Pentacrinus.

Foreignness; strangeness. [Obs.] "Somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect." Johnson.

The quality of being perennial. [R.] Derham.

Inflammation of the peritoneum.

Same as Inosite.

Having the love of offspring; fond of children.

The love of offspring; fondness for children.

A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It is a chlorocarbonate of lead.

Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis.

A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.

A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster.

quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.

A plenist.

Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]