Unscramble PENITENTIARY

The words or letters PENITENTIARY are unscrambled. Our word finder was able to unscramble and find 488 words in PENITENTIARY


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12 letter words made by unscrambling PENITENTIARY

penitentiary 17
There is 1 anagram in this group of words.

10 letter words made by unscrambling PENITENTIARY

antipyrine 15 tripinnate 12
There are 2 anagrams in this group of words.

9 letter words made by unscrambling PENITENTIARY

entertain 9 inpatient 11 itinerant 9 itinerate 9 paternity 14 patienter 11 penetrant 11 pertinent 11 repentant 11
There are 9 anagrams in this group of words.

2 letter words made by unscrambling PENITENTIARY

ae 2 ai 2 an 2 ar 2 at 2 ay 5 en 2 er 2 et 2 in 2 it 2 na 2 ne 2 pa 4 pe 4 pi 4 re 2 ta 2 ti 2 ya 5 ye 5
There are 21 anagrams in this group of words.

Definition of PENITENTIARY

  • Penitentiary - Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.
  • Penitentiary - Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
  • Penitentiary - Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.
  • Penitentiary - A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor.
  • Penitentiary - A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.
  • Penitentiary - 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.
  • Penitentiary - An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
  • Penitentiary - One who does penance.
  • Penitentiary - One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
  • Penitentiary - That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.