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 Definitions of Confessional  [ənˈfɛʃ ə nl]  

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Definition of 'Confessional' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) confessional
of, characteristic of, or based on confession.

2. (n.) confessional
a place set apart for the hearing of confessions by a priest.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; < ML)

Definition of 'Confessional' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) confessional
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions


Definition of 'Confessional' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Confessional
pertaining to a confession of faith

2. (noun) 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


Translation of 'Confessional' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the seat etc where a priest sits when hearing confessions.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bieg, biegstoel Arabic flag Arabic: كُرْسي الإعْتِراف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изповедня
Brazilian flag Brazilian: confessionário Czech flag Czech: zpovědnice German flag German: der Beichtstuhl
Danish flag Danish: skriftestol Greek flag Greek: εξομολογητήριο Spanish flag Spanish: confesionario
Estonian flag Estonian: pihitool Farsi flag Farsi: اعترافگاه Finnish flag Finnish: rippituoli
French flag French: confessionnal Hebrew flag Hebrew: תָּא וִידוּי Hindi flag Hindi: पाप स्वीकार-पीठिका
Croatian flag Croatian: ispovjedaonica Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyóntatószék Indonesian flag Indonesian: tempat pengakuan dosa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skriftastóll Italian flag Italian: confessionale Japanese flag Japanese: 告白聴聞席
Korean flag Korean: 고백실 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klausykla Latvian flag Latvian: biktskrēsls
Malay flag Malay: petak mendengar pengakuan Dutch flag Dutch: biechtstoel Norwegian flag Norwegian: skriftestol
Polish flag Polish: konfesjonał Persian flag Persian: اعترافگاه Pashto flag Pashto: په كليسا كې هغه ځاې يا ګد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: confessionário Romanian flag Romanian: con­fe­sio­nal Russian flag Russian: исповедальня
Slovak flag Slovak: spovednica Slovenian flag Slovenian: spovednica Serbian flag Serbian: ispovedaonica
Swedish flag Swedish: biktstol Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับการสารภาพบาป Turkish flag Turkish: günah çıkarma odacığı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 懺悔室 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сповідальня Urdu flag Urdu: پادری كی نشست
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phòng xưng tội Chinese flag Chinese: 忏悔室

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