penitential

English

Alternative forms

• pœnitential (archaic)

Adjective

penitential (comparative more penitential, superlative most penitential)

1. Pertaining to penance or penitence
   • Sir Walter Scott

     Guilt that all the penitential fires of hereafter can not cleanse.

Noun

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Wikipedia penitential (plural penitentials)

1. a book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance