Confessional
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈfɛʃənəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Confessional is an adjective meaning In the manner or style of a confession.
Meaning
In the manner or style of a confession.
More Meanings
- Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism (sense 1).
- (Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
- A confession.
- (reality television) A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
Example Sentences
confessional community
The confessional's chief amusement has been seduction–in all the ages of the Church.
The studied reticence of the poems in quatrains is opposed to the more confessional aspects of the monologue.
We see Brooks seethe in a corner, and, in a cut to a confessional, he exaggerates the scene, saying, “I’m feeling really uncomfortable. Her vagina’s in my face.”
Word Forms
- confessionals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confession, faith, denomination, factional, scholarly, communal.
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