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& s. [Fr., from Latin pænitens, pr. par. of pœniteo = to cause to repent, from pæna = punishment; Ital. & Sp. penitente.] IMG:content-0842.png:[blocks in formation] *1. Ord. Lang .: A vagabond who has been subjected to the punishment of whipping. "Then, in their robes, the penitentials Are straight presented with credentials." Butler: Hudibras , ii. 1. land or isthmus. With the definite article the term is specifically applied to Spain and Portugal. pě-nin-su-lar, a. [French péninsulaire ; Sp. peninsular.] Of or pertaining to a peninsula; in- habiting a peninsula. Peninsular War : Hist .: The war carried on in the beginning of the present century in Spain and Portugal by the British forces, aided by the native troops, against the French. Sir Arthur Wellesley, afterward the Duke of Wellington, landed, with 10,000 British troops, at Figueras, in Portugal, August 1-3, 1808, and on the 21st defeated the French at Vimiera. On August 30 the Convention of Cintra was signed, by which Junot agreed to evacuate the country. Wellesley returning home, the command of the army, now increased to 20,000 men, was given over to Sir John Moore, who was forced by Soult to fall back on Corunna, where a battle was fought on January 16, 1809, in which the former lost his life. Wellesley again received command of the army, and, after a series of sanguinary but generally succe ful combats, drove the French acro the Pyrenees, entering France on October 7. 1813. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0843.png:[blocks in formation] Eccles., .: A book containing instructions for hearing confe ions and imposing penances. "Every priest who heard confe ion was bound to use a ' penitential book '- i, a book which contained the penal ties attached to particular sins by the can ones Arnold: Cath. Dict., p. 652. penitential-canons, s. pl. Eccles.: Canons appointing the time and manner of penance for sins, according to their gravity. penitential-discipline, s . Eccles.: The discipline used by the Church, through her ministers, in punishing sinners. In primitive times it was extremely severe, admi ion to communion being often withheld till the penitent was at the point of death. To this succeeded a period in which bodily austerities formed a principal part of the discipline. At the present time, in the Roman Church, public penance is hardly ever sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0844.png:[blocks in formation] *pěn-nal, s . [Lat. a pen case, from penna =a pen. A name formerly given to the freshmen of the Protestant universities of Germany, who were the fags of the elder students or schorists. *pěn-nal-işm, s . [English pennal ; -ism.) A