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penitentiary

pen·i·ten·tia·ry

penitentiary

 
 
pronunciation:
pe nih ten sh ri
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part of speech: noun
inflections: penitentiaries
definition: a prison for people who have been found guilty of serious crimes.
He served a sentence of twenty years in the state penitentiary.
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  crime, law