confessionary

[ kuh n-fesh-uh-ner-ee ]
/ kənˈfɛʃ əˌnɛr i /

adjective

of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.

noun, plural con·fes·sion·ar·ies.

Archaic. a confessional.

Origin of confessionary

1600–10; < Medieval Latin confessiōnārius, equivalent to confessiōn- confession + -ārius -ary

Words nearby confessionary

confession of faith, confessional, confessional television, confessionalism, confessionalist, confessionary, confessions, confessions of an english opium eater, confessor, confetti, confidant

Example sentences from the Web for confessionary

  • Bartholomè de Alva refers to them in a passage of his Confessionary.

    Nagualism |Daniel G. Brinton

  • I never took any great liberties with her, but touched her a few times while in the confessionary.

    Records of The Spanish Inquisition |Andrew Dickson White

  • Also, being without the confessionary, I gave her many embraces, and solicited her to love me.

    Records of The Spanish Inquisition |Andrew Dickson White