I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And no penitent in a confessional could have unburdened herself more pathetically than did my Maman that afternoon.
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Bohemian late Gothic forms are included in this Baroque fantasy and there are some good 18C confessionals.
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He had even specified the date of his unwitting confessional .
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His patronage to confessors is attributed to the large crowds he attracted to the confessionals.
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I was shaking and sweating so much in the confessional I thought I was going to faint.
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The seal of the confessional is what I work under, at least when it comes to the ladies.
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These include the work on the side altars, the four Evangelists in niches in the nave and the confessionals.
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Why must beds be turned into confessionals.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It helps that Isabel is as confessional as she is loquacious.
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Just because I don't have a confessional nature doesn't mean that I forget things.
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She renders the relationship between the researcher who includes confessional aspects in their accounts and their audience problematic.
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The confessional boxes stood to one side.
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The 11 sinuously blended songs of ambient texture and acoustic sensitivity are striking and pure, with a confessional intensity.