penitential
Adjective

penitential

  1. Pertaining to penance or penitence
    • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify ), Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662 ↗:
Noun

penitential (plural penitentials)

  1. a book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance



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