Meanings
verbconfessionalise (third-person singular simple present confessionalises, present participle confessionalising, simple past and past participle confessionalised)
present singular third person confessionalises · participle present confessionalising · participle past confessionalised · past confessionalised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of confessionalize.
Origin
- Englishconfession
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishconfessional
- Englishconfessionalise
From confessional + -ise.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
confessionalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessionalise
MLA
“confessionalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessionalise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confessionalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessionalise.
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