Definition of penitentiary in English:

penitentiary

nounPlural penitentiaries ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)riˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri

1North American A prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
〈北美〉（关押重罪犯人的）监狱
Example sentencesExamples
- He was one of the 11 other convicts at the penitentiary who were so treated.
- In Kingston, we check out the museum at the penitentiary, where convicts have been housed for well over 100 years.
- Although the almshouse did not eliminate poverty any more than the penitentiary did crime, 1820s Baltimore attested to the optimism of a dynamic age.
- Transportation to Australia or incarceration in one of the new penitentiary prisons became the standard punishment for serious, non-homicidal offenders.
- The sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense shall commence to run from the date on which such person is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or jail for service of such sentence.
- As I was setting up to photograph in a storage building that houses the cremated remains, prisoners from the local penitentiary were called in to clean up some of the mess in the adjacent hallway, crematorium, and autopsy room.
- Women are the fastest-growing segment of the population in federal penitentiaries and state prisons.
- Only about 20 of the more than 1,000 prisoners at the federal penitentiary have been convicted of crimes; many have spent years awaiting trial.
- Since then, I have been doing this work with 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States.
- In sum, I can think of no consequence, apart from a sentence of several years imprisonment in a penitentiary, which would be more significant to a responsible citizen than the loss of that citizenship.
- When she walked through the mines and penitentiaries the prisoners there often appeared surprised at her hopelessness.
- Indeed, this promise gave the prisons or penitentiaries, as they were now often called, enormous legitimacy, making them the pride, not the shame, of the new republic.
- According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities.
- 14 Federal inmates were held at state and local prison facilities until the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, was established in 1895.
- Rehabilitation for the youthful is unlikely if imprisonment is served in a penitentiary rather than a reformatory.
- Instead she probes the reality of life inside the penitentiary's walls, examining convicts' responses to incarceration and the construction of an inmate subculture.
- Jones had been convicted in 1972 of fatally stabbing another inmate while doing time at a federal penitentiary in Petersburg, Va.
- I sentence you on count two to two years and seven months' imprisonment in the penitentiary.
- Susan, when you first pull up at the institute as they call it, the jail, the penitentiary, everything I imagine that you have been through before kind of fades away as you realize you're going to be confined behind bars.
- If John Doe is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and later goes out of his mind, the state may continue to keep him in the penitentiary for the duration of his sentence.
Synonyms
prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre
2(in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest appointed to administer penance.
（罗马天主教的）宗教裁判官
1. 2.1 An office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution.
  （天主教法庭的）宗教裁判所

Origin

Late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia 'repentance'. The North American usage dates from the early 19th century.

Rhymes

evidentiary, plenipotentiary, residentiary

Definition of penitentiary in US English:

penitentiary

nounˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)riˌpenəˈten(t)SH(ə)rē

1North American A prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
〈北美〉（关押重罪犯人的）监狱
Example sentencesExamples
- The sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense shall commence to run from the date on which such person is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or jail for service of such sentence.
- Rehabilitation for the youthful is unlikely if imprisonment is served in a penitentiary rather than a reformatory.
- He was one of the 11 other convicts at the penitentiary who were so treated.
- According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities.
- If John Doe is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and later goes out of his mind, the state may continue to keep him in the penitentiary for the duration of his sentence.
- Women are the fastest-growing segment of the population in federal penitentiaries and state prisons.
- Although the almshouse did not eliminate poverty any more than the penitentiary did crime, 1820s Baltimore attested to the optimism of a dynamic age.
- I sentence you on count two to two years and seven months' imprisonment in the penitentiary.
- Indeed, this promise gave the prisons or penitentiaries, as they were now often called, enormous legitimacy, making them the pride, not the shame, of the new republic.
- As I was setting up to photograph in a storage building that houses the cremated remains, prisoners from the local penitentiary were called in to clean up some of the mess in the adjacent hallway, crematorium, and autopsy room.
- Only about 20 of the more than 1,000 prisoners at the federal penitentiary have been convicted of crimes; many have spent years awaiting trial.
- Susan, when you first pull up at the institute as they call it, the jail, the penitentiary, everything I imagine that you have been through before kind of fades away as you realize you're going to be confined behind bars.
- Transportation to Australia or incarceration in one of the new penitentiary prisons became the standard punishment for serious, non-homicidal offenders.
- In Kingston, we check out the museum at the penitentiary, where convicts have been housed for well over 100 years.
- Instead she probes the reality of life inside the penitentiary's walls, examining convicts' responses to incarceration and the construction of an inmate subculture.
- Since then, I have been doing this work with 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States.
- In sum, I can think of no consequence, apart from a sentence of several years imprisonment in a penitentiary, which would be more significant to a responsible citizen than the loss of that citizenship.
- When she walked through the mines and penitentiaries the prisoners there often appeared surprised at her hopelessness.
- Jones had been convicted in 1972 of fatally stabbing another inmate while doing time at a federal penitentiary in Petersburg, Va.
- 14 Federal inmates were held at state and local prison facilities until the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, was established in 1895.
Synonyms
prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre
2(in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest charged with certain aspects of the administration of the sacrament of penance.
（罗马天主教的）宗教裁判官
1. 2.1 An office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution.
  （天主教法庭的）宗教裁判所

Origin

Late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’. The North American usage dates from the early 19th century.

词汇	penitentiary
释义	Definition of penitentiary in English: penitentiary nounPlural penitentiaries ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)riˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri 1North American A prison for people convicted of serious crimes. 〈北美〉（关押重罪犯人的）监狱 Example sentencesExamples He was one of the 11 other convicts at the penitentiary who were so treated. In Kingston, we check out the museum at the penitentiary, where convicts have been housed for well over 100 years. Although the almshouse did not eliminate poverty any more than the penitentiary did crime, 1820s Baltimore attested to the optimism of a dynamic age. Transportation to Australia or incarceration in one of the new penitentiary prisons became the standard punishment for serious, non-homicidal offenders. The sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense shall commence to run from the date on which such person is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or jail for service of such sentence. As I was setting up to photograph in a storage building that houses the cremated remains, prisoners from the local penitentiary were called in to clean up some of the mess in the adjacent hallway, crematorium, and autopsy room. Women are the fastest-growing segment of the population in federal penitentiaries and state prisons. Only about 20 of the more than 1,000 prisoners at the federal penitentiary have been convicted of crimes; many have spent years awaiting trial. Since then, I have been doing this work with 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States. In sum, I can think of no consequence, apart from a sentence of several years imprisonment in a penitentiary, which would be more significant to a responsible citizen than the loss of that citizenship. When she walked through the mines and penitentiaries the prisoners there often appeared surprised at her hopelessness. Indeed, this promise gave the prisons or penitentiaries, as they were now often called, enormous legitimacy, making them the pride, not the shame, of the new republic. According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities. 14 Federal inmates were held at state and local prison facilities until the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, was established in 1895. Rehabilitation for the youthful is unlikely if imprisonment is served in a penitentiary rather than a reformatory. Instead she probes the reality of life inside the penitentiary's walls, examining convicts' responses to incarceration and the construction of an inmate subculture. Jones had been convicted in 1972 of fatally stabbing another inmate while doing time at a federal penitentiary in Petersburg, Va. I sentence you on count two to two years and seven months' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Susan, when you first pull up at the institute as they call it, the jail, the penitentiary, everything I imagine that you have been through before kind of fades away as you realize you're going to be confined behind bars. If John Doe is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and later goes out of his mind, the state may continue to keep him in the penitentiary for the duration of his sentence. Synonyms prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre 2(in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest appointed to administer penance. （罗马天主教的）宗教裁判官 2.1 An office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution. （天主教法庭的）宗教裁判所 Origin Late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia 'repentance'. The North American usage dates from the early 19th century. Rhymes evidentiary, plenipotentiary, residentiary Definition of penitentiary in US English: penitentiary nounˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)riˌpenəˈten(t)SH(ə)rē 1North American A prison for people convicted of serious crimes. 〈北美〉（关押重罪犯人的）监狱 Example sentencesExamples The sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense shall commence to run from the date on which such person is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or jail for service of such sentence. Rehabilitation for the youthful is unlikely if imprisonment is served in a penitentiary rather than a reformatory. He was one of the 11 other convicts at the penitentiary who were so treated. According to the report, 2.1 million Americans spent 2002 in local jails, state and federal penitentiaries and juvenile detention facilities. If John Doe is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and later goes out of his mind, the state may continue to keep him in the penitentiary for the duration of his sentence. Women are the fastest-growing segment of the population in federal penitentiaries and state prisons. Although the almshouse did not eliminate poverty any more than the penitentiary did crime, 1820s Baltimore attested to the optimism of a dynamic age. I sentence you on count two to two years and seven months' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Indeed, this promise gave the prisons or penitentiaries, as they were now often called, enormous legitimacy, making them the pride, not the shame, of the new republic. As I was setting up to photograph in a storage building that houses the cremated remains, prisoners from the local penitentiary were called in to clean up some of the mess in the adjacent hallway, crematorium, and autopsy room. Only about 20 of the more than 1,000 prisoners at the federal penitentiary have been convicted of crimes; many have spent years awaiting trial. Susan, when you first pull up at the institute as they call it, the jail, the penitentiary, everything I imagine that you have been through before kind of fades away as you realize you're going to be confined behind bars. Transportation to Australia or incarceration in one of the new penitentiary prisons became the standard punishment for serious, non-homicidal offenders. In Kingston, we check out the museum at the penitentiary, where convicts have been housed for well over 100 years. Instead she probes the reality of life inside the penitentiary's walls, examining convicts' responses to incarceration and the construction of an inmate subculture. Since then, I have been doing this work with 96 state prisons and federal penitentiaries across the United States. In sum, I can think of no consequence, apart from a sentence of several years imprisonment in a penitentiary, which would be more significant to a responsible citizen than the loss of that citizenship. When she walked through the mines and penitentiaries the prisoners there often appeared surprised at her hopelessness. Jones had been convicted in 1972 of fatally stabbing another inmate while doing time at a federal penitentiary in Petersburg, Va. 14 Federal inmates were held at state and local prison facilities until the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, was established in 1895. Synonyms prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre 2(in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest charged with certain aspects of the administration of the sacrament of penance. （罗马天主教的）宗教裁判官 2.1 An office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution. （天主教法庭的）宗教裁判所 Origin Late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’. The North American usage dates from the early 19th century.
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