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Penance
Penance Pen"ance, n. [OF. penance, peneance, L. paenitentia repentance. See Penitence.] 1. Repentance. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xv. 7). 2. Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] ``Joy or penance he feeleth none.' --Chaucer. 3. (Eccl.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. --Spenser. Quoth he, ``The man hath penance done, And penance more will do.' --Coleridge.
Penance
Penance Pen"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penanced.] To impose penance; to punish. ``Some penanced lady elf.' --Keats.
Penanced
Penance Pen"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penanced.] To impose penance; to punish. ``Some penanced lady elf.' --Keats.
Penanceless
Penanceless Pen"ance*less, a. Free from penance. [R.]
Penang lawyer
Penang lawyer Pe*nang" law"yer [Prob. fr. Malay p[=i]nang l[=i]ar.] A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida).
Penang nut
Penang nut Pe*nang" nut` [From the native name.] (Bot.) The betel nut. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Penannular
Penannular Pen*an"nu*lar, a. [L. pene, paene, almost + E. annular.] Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. ``Penannular relics.' --D. Wilson.

Meaning of Penan from wikipedia

- The Penan are a nomadic indigenous people living in Sarawak and Brunei, although there is only one small community in Brunei; among those in Brunei half...
- Western Penan as closer to Sebop than it is to Eastern Penan. Eastern Penan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Western Penan at Ethnologue...
- environmentalist and human rights activist. From 1984 to 1990, he sta**** with the Penan tribe in Malaysia, organising Indigenous rainforest blockades in Sarawak...
- [citation needed] The Penan are the only true nomadic people in Sarawak and are amongst the last of the world's hunter-gatherers.[1] The Penan make their home...
- a palm oil plantation. Her late mother had been part of the indigenous Penan people, but Kéria has little interest in this aspect of her heritage. She...
- "Stateless Penans demand citizenship papers". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2016. "Penans 'stateless'...
- ground". The Western and Eastern Penan people are two major groups of Indigenous po****tions in Malaysia. The Eastern Penan are famous for their resistance...
- grouping. Proto–Kayan-Kenyah Kenyah Upper Pujungan Usun Apau Penan West Penan East Penan Kayanic Lebuʼ Kulit Mboh Ngorek Kayan However, Smith (2015) rejects...
- Elizabeth Peñán Paillacar (born 16 April 1989) is a Chilean inline speed skater. In the 2003 World Cup, held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Peñán won a silver...
- organised blockades to resist logging activities and dam construction. Penan, Kayan and Kelabit people are among the groups who parti****ted. Some blockades...