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Confessionary

Confessionary \Con*fes"sion*a*ry\, n. [LL. confessionarium.] A confessional. [Obs.]
--Johnson.

Confessionary

Confessionary \Con*fes"sion*a*ry\, a. Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.

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confessionary

n. 1 A manual or guide to making confession. 2 A confessional.

Usage examples of "confessionary".

Not to be thwarted, I immediately launched into a semi-coherent confessionary babble, recalling to mind all of the various crimes which my uncle Ludovigo had made me memorize.

I wanted some of my beer, but I was afraid that if I moved I would disturb the confessionary mood she was in.