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Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəɹi/
KieliKäännökset
espanjapenitenciaría
italiapenitenziario, penitenzieria, penitenziere
japani刑務所 (keimusho)
kreikkaκρατητήριο (kratitírio), σωφρονιστήριο (sofronistírio), σωφρονιστικός (sofronistikós)
latinaergastulum
norjafengsel, kasjott
portugalipenitenciária
ranskaprison, pénitencier, pénitentiaire, geôle
saksaGefängnis
suomivankila, kuritushuone
venäjäпенитенциарный (penitentsiarnyi), пенитенциарий (penitentsiari)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. (chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
  2. A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.
  3. (obsolete) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
  4. (obsolete) One who does penance.
  5. (obsolete) A small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
  6. (obsolete) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc.; run by a cardinal called the Grand Penitentiary who is appointed by the pope.
  7. (obsolete) An officer in some dioceses since 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

Adjektiivi

  1. Of or relating to penance; penitential.
  2. Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.

Esimerkit

  • A penitentiary tax.
  • Penitentiary houses.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkopenitentiaries

(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.

A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum

(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.

A common punishment in Early Modern Europe was to be made a galley slave. The galley pictured here belonged to the Mediterranean fleet of Louis XIV, c. 1694.

(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.

In the modern era, many fortified buildings, such as abbeys and fortresses, were converted to use as prisons. Pictured is the cloister of Clairvaux Abbey, converted to a prison exercise yard after secularization.