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penitential
adjective
(pen-i-ten-tial)
showing or constituting penance
Synonyms:
penitentiary
,
Examples:
Penitential tears.
Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words.
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penitent
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liturgical
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eucharistic
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monastic
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ritualistic
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priestly
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prayerful
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festal
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devotional
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solemn
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offertory
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expiatory
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responsorial
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paschal
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ecclesial
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reverent
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conciliar
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calvinistic
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pastoral
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eschatological
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mithraic
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apostolic
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ascetical
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contemplative
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patristic
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pietistic
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initiatory
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monkish
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ecclesiological
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plainsong
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abasement
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ecclesiastical
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pagan
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ascetic
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levitical
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unbaptized
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synodal
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ritualised
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homiletic
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beatifying
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tridentine
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unconsecrated
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unchristian
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diaconal
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exilic
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christological
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synodical
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churchly
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popish
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spiritual
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meditative
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sinful
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canonic
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plainchant
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universalistic
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vernal
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salat
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pious
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curial
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meditational
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fleshly
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consecrated
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unspiritual
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customary
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talmudic
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repentingly
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churchy
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chaucerian
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forbearing
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nicene
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augustinian
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secularised
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supernal
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ecclesiastic
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bathetic
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secularizing
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redemptive
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dialogical
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desolating
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sermonic
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exegetical
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recriminatory
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holy
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supererogatory
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pantheistic
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polytheistic
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trinitarian
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druidic
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restorative
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creaturely
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hieratic
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cromwellian
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penitencer
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unpenitent
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penitential
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