Pen·i·ten·te (p n  -tn t , -t )n. A member of a Roman Catholic brotherhood in parts of the Southwest, of Native American and Hispanic origin, that celebrates the Passion with rites involving fasting and self-flagellation. [Spanish, from Latin paenit ns, paenitent-, penitent; see penitent.] |
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