CONFESSIONAL


Meaning of CONFESSIONAL in English

/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 ]

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