CONFESSIONAL

confessional|confessionary. Confessional, or Confessionary, n. a confessor's seat

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Con‐fes″sion‐al (?), n. [[F. confessional.]] The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.