/keuhn fesh"euh nl/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or based on confession: confessional release.
n.
2. the place set apart for the hearing of confessions by a priest.
3. Fr. Furniture. a high, upholstered wing chair of the 18th century.
[ 1590-1600; confessionale, neut. of confessionalis (adj.); see CONFESSION, -AL 1 ; in def. 2, 3 ]