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Word: confessional (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • In the manner or style of a confession.

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Noun:

  • Roman Catholic church A small room where confession (the sacrament 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.

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