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grand penitentiary

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[grand pen-i-ten-shuh-ree] / ˈgrænd ˌpɛn ɪˈtɛn ʃə ri /

noun

  1. Roman Catholic Church. penitentiary2

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Theodore de Beze adds that the grand penitentiary of Paris, Merlin, who was present at the execution, said, as he withdrew from the still smoking stake, "I never saw any one die more Christianly."

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert

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