confessional


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
confessional/kənˈfeʃənl/
noun
  • 1 an enclosed stall in a church, divided by a screen, in which a priest sits to hear confessions.
  • 2 a confession.
adjective
  • 1 (of speech or writing) in which a person reveals or admits to private thoughts or incidents in their past.
  • 2 relating to religious confession.
  • 3 relating to confessions of faith.
– derivatives
confessionally adverb.
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