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confessional chair

confessional chair noun: a chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other.

Noun

confessional chair (plural confessional chairs)

  1. A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other

Forms of confessional chair

pluralconfessional chairs

Questions about confessional chair

What does confessional chair mean?
Confessional chair means a chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other.
What part of speech is confessional chair?
Confessional chair is a noun.
What is the plural of confessional chair?
The plural of confessional chair is confessional chairs.

Words near confessional chair in the dictionary

  1. confession booth
  2. confession booths
  3. confession box
  4. confession boxes
  5. confessional
  6. confessional chair
  7. confessional chairs
  8. confessional debugging
  9. confessional state
  10. confessionalise
  11. confessionalised

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