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paenitentiarius, poenitentiarius [ML] 1 (as adj.) that deals in matters relating to penance (w. ref. to its imposition or sim.); (litterae ~iae) letters penitential. 1217 litteras ‥ decani ‥ ad penitentiam gratis concedi precipimus penitenti, et ut liqueat, qualis fuerit penitentia, et pro quo crimine sit injuncta, penitens litteras ~ias referat ad mittentem Conc. I 548b.. 2 (as sb. m.) one who hears confessions and imposes penances or one who advises and arbitrates in matters relating to penance, penancer, a penitentiary; b (papal); c (episcopal, monastic, or sim.); d (spec. as publicus). a penytenciary, ~ius CathA.  b c1170 in presencia fratris Jacobi ‥ pape ~ii Dryburgh 15; 1220 fratri W. monacho, ~io domini legati Pat 254; c1236 caritatem ‥ vestram ‥ postulamus quatenus fratri E. domini pape ~io ‥ detis in mandatis ut negotiis nostris expediendis ecaciter intendant Gros. Ep. 31 p. 118; hic ‥ extitit ‥ domini Gregorii pape noni ~ius Eccleston Adv. Min. 39; s1213 dominus Nicholaus ‥ cardinalis, Romaneque curie ~ius Ann. Wav. 277.  c c1220 talium criminum rei mittendi sunt ad episcopum vel ejus ~ium (Const. Lond.) EHR XXX 292; 1223 ad ~ium episcopi principalem recurratur Ch. Sal. 144; 1462 Cantuariensis ‥ Ecclesie ~ii Lit. Cant. III 239; 1518 suppriorem ecclesie nostre ‥ S. Andree ‥ sedis nostre metropolitane et primatialis ~ium majorem et generalem ex parte boreali aque de Forth constituimus Form. S. Andr. I 29; 1526 ~iis monasterii non differant intimare Vis. Thame 714.  d papa ordinans Rome ~ios publicos Gascoigne Loci 50. 3 (as sb. f.) a penitent (f.). c1250 caveant presbyteri ne suas ~ias cognoscant Conc. Scot. II 55. 4 office of a penitentiary or penancer, a penitentiary; b (papal, w. ref. to the court of the papal grand penitentiary); c (episcopal, monastic, or sim.). suscipere ‥ aliquod ecclesiasticum beneficium, puta, inquisicionem heretice pravitatis, vel ~iam Ockham Dial. 729 (recte 719) .  b 1291 auctoritate ‥ domini pape, cujus ~ie curam gerimus Mon. Francisc. II 48; confessores electi ex privilegio papalis ~ie J. Burgh PO V 6 f. 47ra; s1406 Johanello Caraczulo, litterarum apostolicarum scriptore ‥ Anthonello Suracha et Johannello Caraczulo, sacre ~ie scriptoribus ‥ testibus Chr. S. Alb. 7; 1518 per notarium publicum ac ~ie apostolice clericum Cart. Glam. 1811.  c 1232 capellanus penitentiarius habet literas ‥ de presentatione ad ~iam de Suthmelling Pat 492; 1275 rex ‥ credens ~iam ecclesie nostre Herefordensis ad suam collacionem, sede vacante, spectare Reg. Heref. 1; 1295 committimus vices nostras quatinus in capitulo fratres Walterum de Chilindenn’ ad supprioratus, Radulfum de Adesham ad ~ie ‥ officia nominetis DCCant. Register/Q f. 26v; 1319 onus ~ie subire ‥ et ‥ jurare in capitulo Stat. Sal. 164; 1339 Alexandrum ‥ ab ocio ~ie ‥ duximus absolvendum Lit. Cant. II 144; 1408 [ad] nostre [sc. archiepiscopalis] ‥ ~ie ocium gerendum (Lit. Archiepiscopi) Eng. Clergy 200.

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