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Webster 1913 Edition

Confessionary

Con-fes′sion-a-ry

,

Noun.

[LL.

confessionarium

.]

A confessional.

[Obs.]

Johnson.

Con-fes′sion-a-ry

,

Adj.

Pertaining to auricular confession;

as, a

confessionary

litany

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Confessionary

CONFES'SIONARY

,

Noun.

A confession-chair, as above.

CONFES'SIONARY

,

Adj.

Pertaining to auricular confession.

Definition 2024

confessionary

confessionary

English

Noun

confessionary ‎(plural confessionaries)

A manual or guide to making confession.
A confessional.
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