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confessionally

confessionally adverb: with regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.

Adverb

confessionally (comparative more confessionally, superlative most confessionally)

  1. With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
    • Koslofsky speculates that it was driven by the need to find new sources of authority in a confessionally fragmented age.2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, in Times Literary Supplement

Forms of confessionally

comparativemore confessionally
superlativemost confessionally

Origin of confessionally

From confessional + -ly.

Questions about confessionally

What does confessionally mean?
Confessionally means with regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.
What part of speech is confessionally?
Confessionally is an adverb.

Words near confessionally in the dictionary

  1. confessionalizations
  2. confessionalize
  3. confessionalized
  4. confessionalizes
  5. confessionalizing
  6. confessionally
  7. confessionals
  8. confessionaries
  9. confessionary
  10. confessione
  11. confessiones

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