The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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.