confessional chair

English

Noun

confessional chair (plural confessional chairs)

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

chair in a church or chapel

Dutch: biechtstoel (nl) m

French: confessional (fr) m

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