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† ˈpenancy Obs. rare.
[f. penance, with altered suffix, after L. -entia: see -ancy.]
a. Penitency, repentance.
b. Punishment; suffering (after death); = penance n. 5.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxi. §93 Her penancy was seene, in her sorrowes conceiued. 1682H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 73 That the Penancies of Reprobates are endless, I shall ever thus persuade myself. |