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American Church Dictionary
• Penitential Psalms
• Penitential Office
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Penitential
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Redemptions, Penitential
• Psalms, Penitential
• Penitential Redemptions
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• Penitentially
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Penitential
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Penitential
• Penitential Priests
• Penitential Psalms
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Penitential Psalms
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Penitential Canons
• Penitential Orders
• Penitential Redemptions
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Penitential Days

(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.

(2):

(n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; - called also penitential book.