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noun a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
originEtymology tree English confession Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English confessional From confession + -al.
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