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penitential

How many syllables in penitential?

  436185972 syllables

Divide penitential into syllables:   pen-i-ten-tial
Primary syllable stress:   pen-i-ten-tial
Secondary syllable stress:   pen-i-ten-tial
How to pronounce penitential:   pen-i-ten-shul
How to say penitential:

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