- Types Of Speech
- You can use penitentiary as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Penitentiary
- A 5 syllables noun and 12 letters with the letters a, e, i, n, p, r, t, and y, 7 consonants, 5 vowels and 5 syllables with the middle letters en. Penitentiary starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, pen, peni, penit, and the ending characters are y, ry, ary, iary, tiary, ..
- Definition
- A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
- Origin/Roots
- Medieval Latin
- School Grade
- Penitentiary is set as a grade seven word that starts with p, ends with y, 5 syllables, 5 vowels and 12 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Penitentiary in Pig Latin is said as "enitentiarypay or enitentiarypway".
- Unigram
- p | e | n | i | t | e | n | t | i | a | r | y
- Bigram
- pe | en | ni | it | te | en | nt | ti | ia | ar | ry
- Trigram
- pen | eni | nit | ite | ten | ent | nti | tia | iar | ary
- Quadrigram
- peni | enit | nite | iten | tent | enti | ntia | tiar | iary
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers;
"penitentiary institutions"
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Abuna | |
Antipope | |
Archbishop | a bishop of highest rank |
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Archpriest | a senior clergyman and dignitary |
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Bastille | a jail (literally, a French jail) |
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Bishop Coadjutor | |
Bishop Of Rome |
View all cognitive synonyms for Penitentiary
Anagram | Definition |
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Penitentiary | a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes |
View English words with the unique letters used in penitentiary. Words With The Letters Aeinprty
Penitentiary Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y