confessional
confessional
Definition
con·fes·sional (-ə nəl)
noun
- a small, enclosed place in a church, where a priest hears confessions
- 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
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
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