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confessional¹
- /kənˈfɛʃənəl/ Canada, US, UK
- /kənˈfeʃənəl/ Australia, New Zealand
adjective more confessional · most confessional
- In the manner or style of a confession. The studied reticence of the poems in quatrains is opposed to the more confessional aspects of the monologue.
- Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism (sense 1). confessional community
confessional²
- /kənˈfɛʃənəl/ Canada, US, UK
- /kənˈfeʃənəl/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
From French confessionnal.
noun confessionals
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A small room where confession is performed in private with a priest.
The confessional's chief amusement has been seduction–in all the ages of the Church.
Similar: confession booth
- A confession. When a 35-year-old Bill Clinton, famously the nation’s youngest former governor, set out in 1982 to reclaim the job he had lost two years earlier, he began with a remarkable televised confessional. “My daddy never had to whip me twice for the same thing,” Mr. Clinton told Arkansans in a campaign com
- A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode. These characters behave as crassly as they do in large part because producers of shows such as The Bachelor deprive them of all contact with the outside world ([…]) and ply them with alcohol, then goad them to unleash their petty grievances in filmed "confessionals".
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: confession, faith, denomination, factional, scholarly, communal, faith-based, sectarian, sectarianism, doctrinal, sect, religious, denominational, non-denominational, catholic, open
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adj Translations
| Español | confesional |
|---|
noun small room where confession is performed
| Español | confesionario, confesonario, confesorio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고해실 gohaesil |
| 日本語 | 告解場 kokkaijō |
| 中文 | 告解室 gàojiěshì |
| Português | confessionário |
| Français | confessionnal |
| Deutsch | Beichtstuhl |
| Italiano | confessionale |
| Ελληνικά | εξομολογητήριο exomologitírio |
| Русский | исповеда́льня ispovedálʹnja |
| العربية | غُرْفِة اِعْتِرَاف |
Talk about this word "confessional." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/confessional. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. confessional. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/confessional "confessional." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/confessional.Cite this
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title = {confessional},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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