Penitentiary



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 监狱, 感化院
• ［英］ n. 监狱, 感化院 ( a state or federal prison in the US)
• ［记］ penitent ( 后悔) ＋让人后悔的地方 -> 监狱, 教养所

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -ries)

• Etymology: Middle English penitenciary, from Medieval Latin poenitentiarius, from poenitentia
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. an officer in some Roman Catholic dioceses vested with power from the bishop to deal with cases of a nature normally handled only by the bishop
  • b. capitalized a cardinal presiding over a tribunal of the Roman curia concerned with dispensations and indulgences
• 2. a public institution in which offenders against the law are confined for detention or punishment; specifically a state or federal prison in the United States

II. adjective

• Date: 1577
• 1. penitential
• 2. of, relating to, or incurring confinement in a penitentiary

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