confessional
🇬🇧 UK/kən'feʃ(ə)n(ə)l/🇺🇸 US/kәn'feʃәnl/
B2
Definitions
n.
A small enclosed booth in a church where a priest hears confessions.
忏悔室;告解亭
adj.
Relating to or in the style of a personal confession; relating to a religious denomination.
忏悔的;自白的;宗派性的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcontogether, with
+
ionact, process, state
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alrelating to, having the nature of
=confessional
Example Sentences
- 1.
The priest sat in the confessional to hear the parishioners' sins.