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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
noun
2.
Archaic. a confessional.
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Confessionary
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Origin:
1600–10; < Medieval Latin confessiōnārius, equivalent to confessiōn- confession + -ārius -ary
1600–10; < Medieval Latin confessiōnārius, equivalent to confessiōn- confession + -ārius -ary
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