Penitentiary Meaning In Urdu

Penitentiary Meaning in English to Urdu is توبہ گاہ. It is written in Urdu fonts as توبہ گاہ and in Roman Urdu as Touba Gaah. Synonyms of Penitentiary includes Big House, Can, College, Cooler, Correctional Institution, Inside, Joint, Lockup, Pen, Penal Institution, Prison, Reformatory, Slammer, Stockade, Campus etc.

Definitions of Penitentiary

n. A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor; a prison; a jail. Colloquially often shortened to pen.

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

n. 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.

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n. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

n. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

n. One who does penance.

n. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

adj. Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.

adj. Expressive of penitence.

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

Origin of Penitentiary Late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’. The North American usage dates from the early 19th century.

Forms Plural Penitentiaries.

How To Spell Penitentiary {pen-i-ten-shuh-ree}

Word Type Noun