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The corpus record — Latin

paenĭtentĭālis

paenĭtentĭālis · m

a priest appointed to hear the confession of penitents; a confessor

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What it meant

paenĭtentĭālis — Lewis & Short

paenĭtentĭālis, is, m. (sc. presbyter) [paenitentia],

I a priest appointed to hear the confession of penitents; a confessor, Inscr. Murat. 419, 2; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 35.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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