A manual or guide to making confession. / A confessional.

plural of confessional

In the manner or style of a confession. / Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. / A confession.

(religion) A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. / (poetry) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.

plural of confessionalism

(informal, rare) The debugging technique wherein a programmer explains a problem to someone else, and in the process realizes the source of it.

Having no confession (formal creed)

plural of confessionalist

A person who confesses / A priest who hears confession / An advocate of confessionalism