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confessional

🇬🇧 UK/kən'feʃ(ə)n(ə)l/🇺🇸 US/kәn'feʃәnl/
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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-derived
contogether, with
+
fessprofession, occupation, declaration
+
ionact, process, state
+
alrelating to, having the nature of
=confessional

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The priest sat in the confessional to hear the parishioners' sins.

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