confessional
pronunciation
How to pronounce confessional in British English:
UK [kənˈfeʃənl]
How to pronounce confessional in American English:
US [kənˈfɛʃənəl]
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- Noun:
- a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
Word Origin
- confessional (n.)
- "place where a priest sits to hear confession," 1727, from French confessional, from Medieval Latin confessionale, noun use of neuter of confessionalis (adj.), from confiteri (see confess).
- confessional (adj.)
- "pertaining to confession," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin confessionalis (see confessional (n.)).
Example
- 1. My confessional is open to you all the time .
- 2. Anne sexton is the most important confessional poet in america .
- 3. Christianity is not only a salvation religion , it is a confessional religion .
- 4. No , this is not a group therapy or a confessional .
- 5. Any idea why he 'd be hiding in the confessional ?