† penitentionaryn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person doing or undergoing penance.
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1577 W. Fulke Overthrow & Confut. Doctr. Purgatory i. xiii. 173 in Two Treat. against Papistes There were small patience, mekenes, or loue, in some of the purgatory penitentionaries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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