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confessionality

confessionality noun: the degree or quality of being confessional.

Noun

confessionality (uncountable)

  1. The degree or quality of being confessional.
    • That, in consequence of this, the task is conceived of in too limited a fashion, is made clear at the first glance, but the limitation arises only from the confessionality of this theology.1884, Julius Ferdinand Raebiger, Encyclopaedia of Theology
    • Confessionality is the foundation for the Lutheran concept of confessional fellowship (Bekenntnisgemeinschaft). By confessionality is meant the expression of Christian faith in a particular church tradition or denomination of Christianity. For Lutheran churches, the doctrinal basis for this...2008, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology

Origin of confessionality

From confessional + -ity.

Questions about confessionality

What does confessionality mean?
Confessionality means the degree or quality of being confessional.
What part of speech is confessionality?
Confessionality is a noun.

Words near confessionality in the dictionary

  1. confessionalism
  2. confessionalisms
  3. confessionalist
  4. confessionalistic
  5. confessionalists
  6. confessionality
  7. confessionalization
  8. confessionalizations
  9. confessionalize
  10. confessionalized
  11. confessionalizes

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