Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Penal: as, “penary chastisements,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Penal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
penal
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Many things were learned from this meeting, which was held for 2 days at Havana's Karl Marx Theater. [passage omitted] [Second announcer] Fidel's explanation on why state investments are not always of an economic nature was of great interest to the more than 4,000 delegates and guests present at the penary hall.
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Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during the penary pession of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during the penary pession of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during the penary pession of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during the penary pession of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during the penary pession of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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