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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.

ning 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.

Not penitent; not repenting of sin; not contrite; of a hard heart. "They . . . died impenitent." Milton. "A careless and impenitent heart." Bp. Hall.

Without repentance.

Impenitent. Sandys.

urisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.

custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

ar, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest. This next chapter is a penitent confession of the king, and the strangest . . . that ever was auricular. Milton.

"Thus must thou thy body bear." Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct. Hath he borne himself penitently in prison Shak.

age, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. Dryden.

One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.

structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.

nitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent. A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Ps. li. 17. Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. Milton.

f- inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart. He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence to another. Rogers.

A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.