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Confessional Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Confessional has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions

"She hurriedly entered the church's confessional before the service began to confess her mistake."

2

A small room where confession—the sacrament of reconciliation—is performed by a priest.

"She knelt before the wooden confessional to share her sins with the priest."

Adjective
1

In the manner or style of a confession.

"The author wrote the chapter in a confessional tone, detailing her regrets without any attempt to justify her actions."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
booth
Rhyming Words
nal unal anal enal binal ianal fanal genal penal conal winal final monal manal gonal dunal zonal venal banal tonal
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