Penitentiary
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Penitentiary
a prison in which convicted offenders are confined and subjected to a course of discipline and instruction with a view to their reformation.
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Penitentiary
one of the offices of the Roman Curia, taking special cognizance of matters relating to the confessional and dispensations from such impediments to marriage as are not diriment. The dignitary who presides over the office described above. He is a cardinal priest and must be a doctor of theology or canon law. That part of the church to which penitents are restricted. Canon penitentiary: In the Roman Church a canon appointed in compliance with a decree of the Council of Trent which directs that in every cathedral church, if possible, a penitentiary should be appointed. He must be 40 years of age, master of arts, a doctor, or a licentiate in theology or canon law. His duty is to deal with reserved cases, and his attendance in confessional is considered equivalent to presence in choir. A prison: a reformatory for criminals.
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Pennant
a small flag or banner. In naval affairs, a long, narrow piece of bunting, worn at the mast-heads of
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Pennell
MRS. ELIZABETH ), an American writer, wife of and traveled extensively in Besides contributions to the , " the " Century, " and other , she published numerous illustrated by her husband, and in some cases written in collaboration with best known being: " A Canterge" (1885); "Two Pilss" (1886); ; "Our "O Journey Hebrides " ( 1889); "Play in Prov- 1891); " To Gipsyland " ( 1892); "Feasts of Autolycus" (1896); "Our Philadelphia" (1914); "The Lovers"
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Pennell (JOSEPH an American illustrator)
JOSEPH, an American illustrator and author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 1860. Besides works written in collaboration with his wife, he published: "Pen Drawings and Pen Draughtsmen" (1889); "The Jew at Home" (1892); "Modern Illustrations"; "The Work of Charles Keene" (1897); and Lithographers" Mrs. ); "Life of Whistler" (with ith Pennell, 1910); "The Wonder of Work" (1916). Was awarded the Grand Prize at St. Louis Exposition (1904); Milan Exposition (1906); London (1913); and Florence (1914).
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Pennsylvania Dutch
a patois that is not, as some erroneously suppose, a corruption of German, originating in Pennsylvania, but a South-German dialect, brought from Europe, and due to a mixture of forms existing on the upper Rhine in Rhenish Bavaria, Baden, Darmstadt, Württemberg, German Switzerland, and Alsace. In the United States, chiefly in Pennsylvania, the dialect has taken up an English element. A more correct name would be Pennsylvania German.
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Pennsylvania State College
a coeducational non-sectarian institution in State College, Pa.; founded in 1855; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 350; students, 3,065; s, 3,065; volumes in the library, 74,000; productive funds, $567,000; income, $1,165,877; president, Edwin Erle Sparks, Ph. D., LL. D. PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Philadelphia, Pa.; founded in 1740; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 935; students, 9,921; volumes in the library, 481,000; productive funds, $10,802,420; income, $472,886; provost, Edgar Fahs Smith, Ph. D.
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Pennypacker
Important: Safety Warning This page describes preparations historically taken to end pregnancy or "bring on the menses." These substances do not work as claimed and are seriously toxic; their use has caused poisoning and death. In addition, this page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. SAMUEL WHIT- AKER. Born 1843 at Phenixville, Pa. died Sept. 2, 1916. After graduating at Gettysburg University in 1863 he took up the practice of law, becoming in 1889 judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. From 1896-1902 he was president-judge of the same court. In 1903 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania. Governor Pennypacker was later a member of important railroad and historical commissions of the State, and for many years was president of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
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Pennyroyal
a species of mint, a native of Europe and western Asia, abundant in England and in some parts of Ireland, not found wild in Scotland, though sometimes grown there in gardens for its reputed medicinal qualities. It enjoys a high popular reputation as an emmenagogue, but no dependence may be placed in its efficacy. The name pennyroyal is given in North America to a small plant, hedeoma pulegioides, allied to the mints, and having, like them, a pleasant aromatic smell and a warm pungent taste. It is much in use in domestic medicine, in mark that it could be broken into halves. the form of a warm infusion, to promote perspiration and as an emmenagogue.
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Pennyweight
a Troy weight, containing 24 grains, each grain being equal to a grain of wheat from the middle of of the ear, well dried. Twenty pennyweights make one ounce Troy weight. The name is derived from its having been originally the weight of the silver penny.
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Pennywort
a trailing herb (Linaria cymbalaria), with roundish reniform leaves, often cultivated in hanging baskets. Marsh or water pennywort is a name used for any species of the umbelliferous genus hydrocotyle, low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in marshy places.
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Penobscot
a river of Maine, having two branches. The W. branch rises near the Canadian frontier, and flows E. and S. E. to where it meets the E. branch or Seboois river. Afterward its course is S. S. W. to Penobscot Bay, a broad and are punched, and these run directly sheltered inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles long and 20 wide, with numerous islands. It is tidal and navigable for large vessels to Bangor, 60 miles from its mouth. The chief trade is in lumber. em-
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Penrith
a market town of Cumbertile valley, on the outskirts of the Lake District, 18 miles S. S. E. of Carlisle. Richard III. (then Duke of Gloucester) It has a fine old ruined castle, where is said to have resided , and a grammar school (1395; refounded 1564). In the churchyard are two ancient monuments, the "Giant's Grave" and the "Giant's Thumb ," often visited by Sir Walter Scott; and N. E. of the town is the wooded Beacon (937 feet). There are sawmills, tanneries , and breweries, but the chief trade is agricultural. Senator from Pennsylvania. Born in 1860
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