confessional
Example Sentences
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Lebanon’s political system is confessional, meaning it divides power between religious groups.
When Adelaide trusts her companions enough to confide her core family secret, others also have confessional reckonings, while the demon finds its own curious relationship to the circle.
From Washington Post
The book it describes, by Clancy Martin, is a doozy: messy, confessional but ultimately beneficent.
From New York Times
A statement from the Washington State Catholic Conference noted clergy have a duty to report child abuse but are mandatory reporters “everywhere else but the confessional.”
From Washington Post
She acts brazen and unfazed, but in a confessional, she says that this just wasn't in the cards and she's made mistakes, but it's amazing to even be included.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
