confessional

Speech parts

1. confessional - Noun

2. confessional - Adjective

Meaning

The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.

Pertaining to a confession of faith.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

muslim ambo nave religious personal booth chancel anglo-catholic admission choir confession crypt confess porch apse
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Antonyms

question opposition dispute lie protest mistake
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Hypernyms

booth stall kiosk cubicle

Phrases with the word

confessional model confessional booth confessional box

Examples

The press is a group confessional form that provides communal participation. The book is a private confessional form that provides a "point of view.”. Marshall McLuhan

The book is a private confessional form that provides a "point of view.”. Marshall McLuhan

A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both. Lemn Sissay

Get in line in that processional, Step into that small confessional. There the guy who's got religion'll Tell you if your sin's original. If it is, try playin' it safer, Drink the wine and chew the wafer, Two, four, six, eight, Time to transubstantiate! Tom Lehrer

Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. Joni Mitchell

Priests should not prate out of the confessional. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

confession of ignorance confession of judgement confession of judgment confessional booth confessional box confessional chair