Plural of confession
regular plural
The plural of confession is confessions.
Forms of confession
| Singular | confession /kənˈfɛʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | confessions |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Confessions in a sentence
- If you’re looking for juicier confessions – that is, admissions of the kinds of sins unearthed on detective shows or reality TV – then you’ll want to look elsewhere.2014 November 12, James Martin, “Confessions of a Catholic priest”, in CNN
- To fortify their case, the Chinese resorted to confessions, extracted from American pilots.1968, Robert Conquest, The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 493
- From an ideal—typical perspective, a laic state shows and practices neutrality between different confessions.2013 Ranjan Ghosh (ed.) Making sense of the secular. Chapter 3: How Do You Say 'Secular' in Italian? Edoardo Tortarolo. Pub. Routledge…. From the entry laic
- Okay, time for the financial confessions of a repentant financial sinner: I am a recovering moneyholic.2010, Nikki Atkinson, The Shrewd Christian: You Can't Have It All, But You Can Have More Than Enough, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry moneyholic
- Yet he wears their habit and he heard confessions in one of their most important churches.1995 July, Pat Conroy, chapter 19, in Beach Music, New York, N.Y.: Nan A[hearn] Talese, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry Franciscan
Meaning of confession
- noun The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- noun A formal document providing such an admission.
- noun The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
Questions about the plural of confession
- What is the plural of confession?
- The plural of confession is confessions.
- Is confession countable?
- Confession is a countable and uncountable noun.
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