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/kənˈfɛʃənəl/
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In the manner or style of a confession.
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Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism (sense 1).
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A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
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Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Synonyms: confession booth
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A confession.
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A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
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Qualifier: reality television
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a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
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Broader terms: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk
From confession + -al.
From French confessionnal.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Spanish :
confesional
— Translations
Albanian :
rrëfyestore
— small room where confession is performed
Belarusian :
спавяда́льня
(spavjadálʹnja)
— small room where confession is performed
Bulgarian :
изповеда́лня
(izpovedálnja)
— small room where confession is performed
Catalan :
confessionari
— small room where confession is performed
Chinese Mandarin :
告解室
(gàojiěshì)
— small room where confession is performed
Czech :
zpovědnice
— small room where confession is performed
Danish :
skriftestol
— small room where confession is performed
Dutch :
biechtstoel
— small room where confession is performed
Esperanto :
konfesejo
— small room where confession is performed
Estonian :
pihitool
— small room where confession is performed
Finnish :
rippituoli
— small room where confession is performed
French :
confessionnal
— small room where confession is performed
German :
Beichtstuhl
— small room where confession is performed
Greek :
εξομολογητήριο
(exomologitírio)
— small room where confession is performed
Icelandic :
skriftarstóll
— small room where confession is performed
Irish :
bosca éistigh
— small room where confession is performed
Irish :
bosca faoistine
— small room where confession is performed
Italian :
confessionale
— small room where confession is performed
Japanese :
告解場
(kokkaijō)
— small room where confession is performed
Korean :
고해실
(gohaesil)
— small room where confession is performed
Latvian :
biktskrēsls
— small room where confession is performed
Lithuanian :
klausyklà
— small room where confession is performed
Macedonian :
исповедалница
(ispovedalnica)
— small room where confession is performed
Maltese :
maqrar
— small room where confession is performed
Manx :
kishtey feyshtyney
— small room where confession is performed
Norman :
confêssionna
— small room where confession is performed
Norwegian Bokmål :
skriftestol
— small room where confession is performed
Norwegian Nynorsk :
skriftestol
— small room where confession is performed
Polish :
konfesjonał
— small room where confession is performed
Portuguese :
confessionário
— small room where confession is performed
Russian :
исповеда́льня
(ispovedálʹnja)
— small room where confession is performed
Serbo-Croatian :
исповедаоница
— small room where confession is performed
Serbo-Croatian :
ispovedaonica
— small room where confession is performed
Slovak :
spovednica
— small room where confession is performed
Slovene :
spovednica
— small room where confession is performed
Spanish :
confesionario
— small room where confession is performed
Spanish :
confesonario
— small room where confession is performed
Spanish :
confesorio
— small room where confession is performed
Swedish :
bikt
— small room where confession is performed
Swedish :
biktstol
— small room where confession is performed
Tagalog :
kumpisalan
— small room where confession is performed
Turkish :
günah çıkarma odacığı
— small room where confession is performed
Ukrainian :
сповіда́льня
(spovidálʹnja)
— small room where confession is performed
Vilamovian :
bajchtštül
— small room where confession is performed
Walloon :
kifessionå
— small room where confession is performed
Welsh :
cyffesfa
— small room where confession is performed