penitentiary.
(From prison).
1. f. penal establishment in which suffer the criminal convictions, subject to a regime that, making them atone for their crimes, is aimed to his amendment and improvement.
2. f. dignity, Office or post of prison.
3. f. ecclesiastical court of the Court of Rome, composed of several individuals and a cardinal President, to agree and dispatch the bulls and pertaining to matters of conscience prescriptions thanks.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
