subpaenitentiarius

subpaenitentiarius [CL sub-+paenitentiarius], (as sb. m.) deputy or assistant penancer. 1415 dominus ordinavit ‥ Nicholaum ‥ in suum ~ium ad audiendum confessiones Reg. Heref. 87; 1443 Jacobi Blakedon' ‥ nacionis Anglicane in curia Romana ~ii Pat 456 m. 33.