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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Confessional

Con·fes′sion·al (kŏn·fĕsh′ŭn·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.

Con·fes′sion·al, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith.

Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.