penitents
Meaning of penitents
plural noun
a person who repents their sins and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God.
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin paenitent- ‘repenting’, from the verb paenitere .
Information about penitents
- It is a name.
- The singular form of penitents is: penitent.
- Languages in which penitents is used:
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Hyphenation of penitents
pen-i-tents
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- penitents is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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