Confessional

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confessional \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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confessional \Con*fes"sion*al\, a.
     Pertaining to a confession of faith.
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     {Confessional equality}, equality before the law of persons
        confessing different creeds.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confessional
       n : a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "confessional":
     Easter sepulcher, admissive, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory,
     canonical, chancel, choir, cloisters, confessionary, creedal,
     crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, doctrinal, dogmatic, nave, porch,
     presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy,
     transept, triforium, vestry