Crossword clues for confessional
confessional
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confessional \Con*fes"sion*al\, n. [F. confessional.] The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.
Confessional \Con*fes"sion*al\, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith.
Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"place where a priest sits to hear confession," 1727, from French confessional, from Medieval Latin confessionale, noun use of neuter of confessionalis (adj.), from confiteri (see confess).
"pertaining to confession," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin confessionalis (see confessional (n.)).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. 1 In the manner or style of a confession. 2 Officially practicing a particular religion, as a state or organization. See confessionalism. Etymology 2
n. 1 (context Roman Catholic church English) A small room where confession—the sacrament of reconciliation—is performed by a priest. 2 A confession
WordNet
n. a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
Wikipedia
A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called confession, or Reconciliation. It is the usual venue for the sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church, but similar structures are also used in Anglican churches of an Anglo-Catholic orientation, and also in the Lutheran Church. In the Catholic Church, confessions are only to be heard in a confessional or oratory, except for a just reason (1983 Code of Canon Law, Canon 964.3).
Confessional is the debut album by Danish pop singer Bryan Rice. It was released in Denmark on 24 April 2006 by EMI. The album includes the lead single " No Promises", which was a huge hit in Denmark in late 2005/early 2006, before Shayne Ward covered the song. The album reached #4 in the official Danish album chart.
A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for confession.
Confessional may also refer to:
- Reality TV confessional, common interview practice in reality television
- The Confessional, a French movie from 1994
- Confessional (film), a 2007 Cebuano mockumentary indie film
- Confessional (album), a 2006 album by Bryan Rice
- Confessional Lutheran, Lutheran Christians
- The Confessionals, a group of anonymous online forums
Confessional is an internationally awarded mockumentary indie film by Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto. It won Best Film in the First Features Section of 10th Osian Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in New Delhi, India.
Usage examples of "confessional".
I challenged him to explain his reasons for refusing to give her absolution, but he closed my lips by answering very coolly that he could not betray the secrets of the confessional.
As he did not wish their last interview to be troubled by the influence of their ruined confessional they meet in a little cakeshop near the Parkgate.
Oh, oh, I suppose the Episcopalians have the custom of the confessional too, crypto-Romans that they are, but they always tell lies to their priests.
Just before this self-pitying chatterbox had squeezed her bulk into the confessional, he had peeked out and discovered that she was the last of the penitents.
A new implement stood voluted beside the genuine Renaissance writing desk supporting Weininger's always open standard work: the tailor's horse, the tailor's organ, the tailor's confessional: a Singer sewing machine.
And back again at the indestructible confessional after two lonely echoing rounds, he snaps open his good old lighter with a view to lighting a comforting pipe.
Inge's nose blood is red, and third it lights up a little card pinned to the confessional, and on the card something is written: a name in black and white: Joseph Knopf.
Knopf inhabits the indestructible confessional, making his certified ear available to each and all.
When the knitting needle, retail price ten pfennigs, is put in motion, when the instrument of vengeance rests on the ornate grille of the confessional and is aimed knittingneedle-sharp at the priest's ear, nothing quivers in alarm for the eardrum.
When Keir floated away from holding confessional with Pipistrella, Chuck caught hold of the angel's sleeve, which immediately roughened to gray homespun.
When he came back to his seat and the conversation, the moment of the confessional was over.
The ritual of the confessional is certainly something he comprehends: it is encoded in his very genes, it is imprinted in his bones and balls, it is utterly natural to him.
A variation in our daily routine was about to be introduced, yes, but it involved neither Frater Javier nor any confessional aspects.
We were not supposed to tell him or anyone else about the things that we would learn from one another in these confessional sessions.
And these few confessional days seemed to have thrust him into the uttermost abyss.