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Word: Confessional
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (as an adjective): the adjective from confession+ -al; the noun via French from Italian confessionale, from medieval Latin, neuter of confessionalis, from Latin confessio(n-), from confiteri ‘acknowledge’ (see confess)
kənˈfɛʃən(ə)l
an enclosed stall in a church divided by a screen or curtain in which a priest sits to hear confessions
Short Definition:stall in church for confessions
Examples:- the secrets of the confessional
an acknowledgement that one has done something shameful or embarrassing; a confession
Short Definition:confession of something
Examples:- tabloid confessionals
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