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penitentiaryship en · NOUN

Etymology

From penitentiary + -ship.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
    • the penitentiaryship, or the prebend of St. Pancras 1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […]: