Thesaurus: confessional

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1. n. 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.
2. a. Pertaining to a confession of faith.
3. n. a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
4. 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. Pertaining to a confession of faith. Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
5. The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits tohear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat forthe priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who isoutside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by himor heard by others.
6. j:7/n:93 n. a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions