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Meaning of "penitency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PENITENCY

penitency  [ˈpɛnɪtənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENITENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Penitency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENITENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of penitency in the English dictionary

The definition of penitency in the dictionary is the state of being penitent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENITENCY


appetency
ˈæpɪtənsɪ
blatancy
ˈbleɪtənsɪ
competency
ˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ
concubitancy
kɒnˈkjuːbɪtənsɪ
dilatancy
daɪˈleɪtənsɪ
dubitancy
ˈdjuːbɪtənsɪ
excitancy
ˈɛksɪtənsɪ
exorbitancy
ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənsɪ
hesitancy
ˈhɛzɪtənsɪ
incogitancy
ɪnˈkɒdʒɪtənsɪ
incompetency
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ
inhabitancy
ɪnˈhæbɪtənsɪ
intermittency
ˌɪntəˈmɪtənsɪ
irritancy
ˈɪrɪtənsɪ
latency
ˈleɪtənsɪ
latitancy
ˈlætɪtənsɪ
militancy
ˈmɪlɪtənsɪ
patency
ˈpeɪtənsɪ
precipitancy
prɪˈsɪpɪtənsɪ
remittency
rɪˈmɪtənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENITENCY

penicillium
penile
penill
penillion
peninsula
peninsular
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular War
peninsularity
peninsulate
penis
penis envy
penistone
penitence
penitent
penitential
penitentially
penitentiaries
penitentiary
penitently

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENITENCY

advertency
agency
consistency
currency
emergency
frequency
impotency
inadvertency
inappetency
inconsistency
inexistency
insistency
omnipotency
persistency
plenipotency
potency
prepotency
renitency
subpotency
totipotency

Synonyms and antonyms of penitency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «penitency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENITENCY

Find out the translation of penitency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of penitency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «penitency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

penitency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

penitency
570 millions of speakers

English

penitency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

penitency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

penitency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

penitency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penitency
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

penitency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

penitency
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penitensi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

penitency
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

penitency
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

penitency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penitensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

penitency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

penitency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कट्टरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

penitency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penitency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

penitency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

penitency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

penitency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

penitency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

penitency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

penitency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

penitency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of penitency

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENITENCY»

The term «penitency» is normally little used and occupies the 150.967 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENITENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «penitency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «penitency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about penitency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENITENCY»

Discover the use of penitency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to penitency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Of the Church, five Books
tinguish from public and open, as being imposed for sins of -the highest nature; otherwise confessing that the fathers' severity cannot be excused' But, this distinction of public and solemn penitency is a mere device of their own, without any ...
Richard Field, 1847
2
Works in Eight Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
It seemeth good (faith Socrates) to put down the office of these priests which had^ T^ Tt" charge of penitency ; what charge that was, the kinds of penitency then usual must make^Jt^*}TM' manifest. There is often speech in the fathers writings,  ...
Richard Hooker (théologien), 1723
3
The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard ...
... or; He the touch. It flemeth good (saith Socrates) to put down the office of the/e priests which had '"' charge of penitency; what charge that was, the kinds of penitency then usual must makezzwsiszss' manifest. p There is often speech in ...
Richard Hooker, 1723
4
The Works of that learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard ...
It flemeth good (saith Socrates) to pat down the Office of these Prie/irwhz'ch had charge of Penitency-3 what charge that war, the kind: of Penitency then nshal n' as? make 'na- Burigus- ct 'rise/t. There is often speech in the Fathers Writings, ...
Richard Hooker, 1682
5
The works of ... Richard Hooker: with an account of his life ...
It seemed good," book vi. saith Socrates, " to put down the office of these priests which Ch' "' , " had charge of penitency 15 ;" what charge that was, the kinds of penitency then usual must make manifest. There is often speech in the Fathers' ...
Richard Hooker, John Keble, 1841
6
The works of ... Mr. Richard Hooker: with an account of his ...
It seemed good," saith Socratea, " to put down the office of these priests " which had charge of penitency ,s , what charge that was, the Kinds ol penitency then usual must make manifest. There is often speech in the Fathers' writings, in their ...
Richard Hooker, 1857
7
The Work of Mr. Richard Hooker: In Eight Books of the Laws ...
It seemeth good (saith Socrates) to put down the office of these priests which had charge of penitency ; what charge that was, the kinds of penitency then usual must make manifest.'"1 There is often speech in the father's writings, in their books ...
Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton, 1821
8
The works of ... Richard Hooker. To which is prefixed the ...
It seemetb good (faith Socrates) to -put down the office of these Priests which had charge of Penitency ; what charge that was, the kinds of Penitency then usual must make manifest * There is often speech in the Father's Writings, in their Books ...
Richard Hooker, 1793
9
The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard ...
BOOK vi. kinds of penitency then usual must make manifest. There is — — — — often speech in the Fathers' writings, in their books frequent mention of penitency, exercised within the chambers of our own heart, and seen of God, and not ...
Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton, 1845
10
The Works
Penitentiaries not in order to Public Confession. 41 kinds of penitency then usual must make manifest. There is BOOK vi. often speech in the Fathers' writings, in their books frequent ch-1'-"' mention of penitency , exercised within the chambers  ...
Richard Hooker, John Keble

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« EDUCALINGO. Penitency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/penitency>. Apr 2024 ».
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