confessional chair

noun

A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other

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Meanings

nounconfessional chair (plural confessional chairs)

plural confessional chairs

  1. A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other

Translations

Dutch biechtstoel
  • biechtstoelchair in a church or chapel
French confessional
  • confessionalchair in a church or chapel
Swedish biktstol
  • biktstolchair in a church or chapel
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APA

confessional chair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessional%20chair

MLA

“confessional chair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessional%20chair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confessional chair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessional%20chair.

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