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adjective of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or based on confession: confessional release.
noun the place set apart for the hearing of confessions by a priest.
French Furniture . a high, upholstered wing chair of the 18th century.
Origin of confessional First recorded in 1590–1600; from Medieval Latin confessiōnāle, neuter of confessiōnālis (adjective); see confession, -al1 ; defs. 2, 3 from French, from Medieval Latin
OTHER WORDS FROM confessional pseu·do·con·fes·sion·al, adjective Words nearby confessional conferva, confess, confessant, confessedly, confession, confessional , confessionalism, confessionalist, confessional television, confessionary, confession of faith
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Example sentences from the Web for confessional It gets a lot of page views, but it contributes to the idea that all personal writing has to be confessional .
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life | David Yaffe| December 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I obtained court records, and a long, confessional interview he did with Dan Rather that CNN never aired.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters | Scott Porch| September 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But honest scholars must “follow the evidence where it leads,” and sometimes this path departs from the confessional highway.
The Christian Reformed Church Still Won’t Stand Up For Science | Karl W. Giberson| June 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But this confessional really took a turn for the awesome when Jonas started talking about his love life.
How Likable Is Alec Baldwin After His ‘New York Magazine’ Confessional? | Amy Zimmerman| February 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
This reticence—this reserve—suits Beck's voice and personality much better than the confessional self-consciousness of Sea Change.
The Last Great Singer-Songwriter Album | Andrew Romano| February 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Aunt M'riar had not the advantages of the Roman confessional , with its suggestive guichet.
When Ghost Meets Ghost | William Frend De Morgan
Therefore we can have no secrets from one another, and so do not need the confessional .
The Road to Damascus | August Strindberg
She confessed her sins, not in the confessional , but in a community.
Rene Mauperin | Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
On the one is the confessional : you must go—you shall not choose.
Out in the Forty-Five | Emily Sarah Holt
The Quebec schools are little more than branches of the confessional box.
A Frenchman in America | Max O'Rell
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British Dictionary definitions for confessional adjective of, like, or suited to a confession
noun Christianity , mainly RC Church a small stall, usually enclosed and divided by a screen or curtain, where a priest hears confessions
a book of penitential prayers
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