penitentiary

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

peni·ten·tiary [penitentiary penitentiaries] BrE [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri] NAmE [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri] noun (pl. peni·ten·tiaries) (also slang pen) (both NAmE)
a prison
See also: ↑pen

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance’. The current usage dates from the early 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•The execution was carried out at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  penitential, pen