Meanings
nounpenitencer (plural penitencers)
plural penitencers · alternative penitenser
- obsoleteA priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
I say not that if thou be assigned to thy penitencer for certain sin, that thou art bound to shew him all the remnant of thy sins...
1875, Clarke, Charles Cowden, The Canterbury tales of Chaucer, with notes by T. Tyrwhitt, Cassell Petter & Galpin, page 288
Origin
- Frenchpénitencier
- Englishpenitencer
French pénitencier.
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