confessionary

confessionary
/keuhn fesh"euh ner'ee/, adj., n., pl. confessionaries.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to confession, esp. auricular confession of sins.
n.
2. Archaic. a confessional.
[1600-10; < ML confessionarius, equiv. to confession- CONFESSION + -arius -ARY]

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