What does penitant mean?
Penitant means Obsolete spelling of penitent..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Obsolete spelling of penitent..
The churches were crowded with penitant sinners: the sons of riot and profligacy were overawed into sobriety and decorum.
It was preceded by a large crucifix borne by a penitant, escorted by two Acolytes, each one of whom carried a lantern fixed at the end of a long wand.
Use penitant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Penitant means Obsolete spelling of penitent..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The churches were crowded with penitant sinners: the sons of riot and profligacy were overawed into sobriety and decorum.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.