Hypertext Webster Gateway: "penitents"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confalon \Con"fa*lon\, n. [F. See {Confalon}.] (R. C. Ch.)
One of a fraternity of seculars, also called {Penitents}.
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