confessional

English

Etymology

confession +‎ -al

Adjective

confessional (not comparable)

1. In the manner or style of a confession.

Noun

Wikipedia confessional (plural confessionals)

1. (Roman Catholic church) A small room where confession—the sacrament of reconciliation—is performed by a priest.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, Crime out of Mind^[1]:

     In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.

Related terms

• interconfessional

Translations

a small room where confession is performed

• Bulgarian: изповедалня (bg) (izpovedalnja) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 告解室 (cmn) (gàojiěshì)

• Czech: zpovědnice (cs) f
• Danish: skriftestol (da)
• Dutch: biechtstoel (nl)
• Esperanto: konfesejo (eo)
• French: confessionnal (fr) m
• German: Beichtstuhl (de) m
• Greek: εξομολογητήριο (el) (exomoloyitírio) n

• Japanese: 告解場 (ja) (こっかいじょう, kokkaijō)
• Jèrriais: confêssionna m
• Manx: kishtey feyshtyney (gv) m
• Polish: konfesjonał (pl) m
• Portuguese: confessionário (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: исповедаоница (sh) (ispovedaonica) f
• Spanish: confesionario (es) m
• Swedish: bikt (sv) c, biktstol (sv) c
• Vilamovian: bajchtštül m