paenitentialis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === pēnitentiālis poenitentiālis === Etymology === From paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”) +‎ -ālis, from paenitēns (“repenting”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pae̯.nɪ.tɛn.tiˈaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.ni.ten.t͡siˈaː.lis] === Adjective === paenitentiālis (neuter paenitentiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective Of or pertaining to penitence, penitential. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: penitencial English: penitential French: pénitentiel Spanish: penitencial === Noun === paenitentiālis m (genitive paenitentiālis); third declension (religion) a priest appointed to hear the confessions of penitents, a confessor (short for paenitentiālis presbyter) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). === References === “paenitentialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “paenitentialis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.