confessional
IPA: kʌnfˈɛʃʌnʌɫ
noun
- (Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
- A confession.
- (reality television) A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
adjective
- In the manner or style of a confession.
- Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.
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Examples of "confessional" in Sentences
- This is unique to the Seal of the Confessional.
- Seal of the Confessional and the Catholic Church.
- Then the Ambers confirmed it in the confessional.
- The confessionals are integrated into the north wall.
- The three confessional parties turned towards the PvdA.
- I do not wish to reenact any structure of the confessional.
- Sexton is seen as the modern model of the confessional poet.
- It was the setting of the Dashboard Confessional song Stolen.
- This strict confidentiality is known as the Seal of the Confessional.
- Millet is a term for the confessional communities in the Ottoman Empire.