PENITENTIARY

Penitentiary

Penitentiary is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Walter Connolly, John Howard, Jean Parker and Robert Barrat. It was the second Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin, after Howard Hawk's The Criminal Code and followed by Henry Levin's Convicted .

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penitentiary

Noun

  1. A state or federal prison for convicted felons.
  2. (Roman Catholic Church) A priest who administers the sacrament of penance.
  3. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
  4. One who does penance.
  5. A small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
  6. An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc., run by a cardinal called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.
  7. An officer in some dioceses since 1215 A.D., vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

Adjective

  1. of or relating to penance; penitential
  2. of or relating to the punishment of criminals


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