Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or resembling confession.
- noun A small enclosed stall in which a priest hears confessions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a confession or creed.
- Of or pertaining to the act or practice of confessing to a priest. See
sacramental confession , under confession. - noun A small cabinet, stall, or box in a Roman Catholic church in which the priest sits to hear confessions.
- noun Same as
confession , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- adjective Pertaining to a confession of faith.
- adjective equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the manner or style of a
confession . - noun Roman Catholic church A small room where
confession (thesacrament of reconciliation) is performed. Traditional architecture has used three adjacent rooms separated by gratings with sliding doors; the priest hearing the confessions sits in the middle room and alternately opens one of the doors to hear confession from the person kneeling on that side.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
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Examples
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The secret confessional is the "can-fessional", which is a camera in the bathroom.
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Due to the built-in confessional quotas of the Lebanese political system, and the fact that Hizbullah has pointedly refrained from seeking more parliament seats than it won in 2005, a March 8th majority would — by necessity — have to be dominated by the Michel Aoun-led Change & Reform bloc.
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The ritual of the Catholic confessional is comforting and reassuring, releasing guilt, cleansing, but at the same time disciplining and policing.
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The ritual of the Catholic confessional is comforting and reassuring, releasing guilt, cleansing, but at the same time disciplining and policing.
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This would be treason to the Master, and be hearkening to the teachings of man rather than of God! Yet how many are there from whose lips the phrase confessional fidelity (Bekenntnisstreue,) is heard far oftener than fidelity to God's word (Bibeltreue)!
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Fear of Flying (published in 1973), once put it: "It's often called confessional writing by male reviewers, but I think the word confessional in this instance is a put-down.
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I think there are dangers inherent in confessional art (chief among them how we make other autonomous individuals into “subject matter” or how we sometimes lose the ability to experience our lives because we are narrating them almost simultaneously) but the anxiety that one will chose experiences or to stay in experiences because of our art — for some reason I don’t share that fear with you.
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