penitential psalms

pl. A name given to the Psalms vi., xxxii., xxxviii.,li., cii., cxxx., and cxliii. of fagging formerly practiced by the elder of the A. V., or vi., xxx i., xxxvii., I., ci., cxxix. and students on the freshmen in the German Protestant cxlii. of the Vulgate. pěn-1-ten-tial-lý (ti as shi), adv. [Eng. peni tential: -ly.]) In a penitent or penitential manner; penitently.