Word Meanings - CONFESSARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes a confession. Bp. Hall.

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• CONFESSION
  The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam. 4. A formulary
• CONFESSIONALISM
  An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.
• CONFESSIONIST
  One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu.
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• CONFESSIONALIST
  A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. Boucher
• CONFESSIONARY
  A confessional. Johnson.
• 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