confessionalnoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us/kənˈfeʃ.ən.əl/a small structure like a box in a church, especially a Roman Catholic church, in which people can privately confess to a priest
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Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church
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- the Immaculate Conception
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- He had stood there, indeed, from the moment of the girl's entrance into the confessional.
- If I had been a wiser girl, a stronger, and a more sensible, very likely I might not have gone to the confessional at all.
- Seated sideways in his confessional, he stamped on the floor, abused me, and spoke disrespectfully of the King.
- The crowd of penitents melted away one by one, the few last stragglers had been heard, and still the priest waited in his confessional.
- You have heard in the confessional the history of many great sins, but I know that this is not what troubles you.