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confessional Definition

con·fes·sional (-ə nəl)

noun

  1. a small, enclosed place in a church, where a priest hears confessions
  2. confession to a priest

Etymology: Fr, orig. (chaire) confessionale, (chair) for confession

adjective

of, characterized by, or for a confession or confessions

confessional Synonyms

confessional

n.

confession booth, confession chair, shriving pew; see booth.

confessional Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enter: How many times I felt embarrassed to enter the confessional and admit that I had said bad words and hit brother.

Adjective modifier

  • collective: Instead of the delicious illicit tang of the betting shop or brothel it had the sanctimonious cultural cachet of a collective confessional!
  • old: A ramp was built to allow disabled access to the center, and the new toilet facilities were converted from the old confessionals!

Modifies a noun

  • sect: The left regards Marxism as adequate for a defining credo of some confessional sect.
  • booth: During class, Rusty is invited into the confessional booth.
  • lyric: The tone of these recordings is often bleak, with stripped down backing and confessional lyrics.
  • tone: Veirs power lies in the confessional tone of the songs and in the sheer quality of melody and song writing.
  • box: However, in the confessional box my sins are simple statements.
  • background: The other comments you have made, are extremely distressing to all those concerned, from whatever confessional background.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: Ascending then descending chords and melody opened things nicely, a crooned vocal hinting at an intimate, almost confessional relationship.
  • even: Feminist research then reads as partly informal, engagingly personal, and even confessional.
  • very: This causes her friends to do all the talking in a very confessional way, with very interesting results.

Noun used with modifier

  • dashboard: Dashboard Confessional are set to storm the music scene with their single ' Vindicated ' .
  • part: I used it as part confessional, part exorcism.
  • TV: Wonderful indeed that ideas and musings routinely associated with day-time TV confessionals should surface in little Libby.