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Webster 1913 Edition
Confessional
Con-fes′sion-al
,Noun.
[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.
Con-fes′sion-al
,Adj.
Pertaining to a confession of faith.
Confessional equality
, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confessional
CONFES'SIONAL
,Noun.