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confessionary

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con⋅fes⋅sion⋅ar⋅y

  [kuhn-fesh-uh-ner-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to confession, esp. auricular confession of sins.
–noun
2. Archaic. a confessional.
Origin:
1600–10; < ML confessiōnārius, equiv. to confessiōn- confession + -ārius -ary
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