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Confessional

Confessional Meaning & Definition
Confessional Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confessional?

[n] a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions

Synonyms | Synonyms for Confessional:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Confessional: admissive | ambry | apse | baptistery | blindstory | canonical | chancel | choir | cloisters | confessionary | creedal | crypt | diaconicon | diaconicum | doctrinal | dogmatic | Easter sepulcher | nave | porch | presbytery | rood loft | rood stair | rood tower | sacrarium | sacristy | transept | triforium | vestry

See Also | booth | cubicle | kiosk | stall

Confessional In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fes"sion*al\, n. [F. confessional.] The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.
\Con*fes"sion*al\, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith. {Confessional equality}, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.

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