Meaning of PENITENTIARY in Hindi

Use in sentences of जेल

Meaning of PENITENTIARY in English

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

Synonyms of ‘जेल’

• जेल
  GEL, PRISON, JAIL, IMPRISONMENT, PENITENTIARY, GAOL,
• सुधार-गृह
  PENITENTIARY, REFORMATORY,
• क़ैदख़ाना
  PRISON, SLAM, JAIL, QUOD, PRISON HOUSE, PENITENTIARY,

Antonyms of ‘जेल’

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