Vocabulary : Penitentiary to Penna

Penitentiary : Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. ;; Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter. ;; Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. ;; 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.
Penitentiaryship : The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
Penitently : In a penitent manner.
Penk : A minnow. See Pink, n., 4.
Penknife : A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.

Penknives : of Penknife
Penman : One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master. ;; An author; a composer.
Penmanship : The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.
Penmen : of Penman
Penna : A perfect, or normal, feather.

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