Associations to the word «Penitential»

Wiktionary

PENITENTIAL, adjective. Pertaining to penance or penitence
PENITENTIAL, noun. A book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance

Dictionary definition

PENITENTIAL, adjective. Showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope