confession booth
Sins told here
A confession booth is a small enclosed compartment in a Catholic church where a priest hears confessions.
The booth typically has two sections separated by a screen or grille, allowing the penitent to speak anonymously.
Figuratively, any setting where someone unburdens private guilt may be called a confession booth: Social media has become a public confession booth.
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- grilleProtective metal grating
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- kneelerPadded prayer support
- church pewFixed sanctuary seating
bless me father · forgiveness · penitent · absolution · Hail Mary · venial sin · whisper · hushed tones · anonymity · mortal sin · voice · screen · curtain · privacy · contrition · sin · guilty conscience · wood
- Catholic practicesFirst Communion, genuflection, holy orders, kneeling, sign of the cross
- medieval churchabbeys, abbey, abbot, abbots, abbess
- booths
- confessionabsolution, admission, acknowledgment, declaration, statement
- parish lifeSunday mass, baptisms, weddings, funerals, confirmation class
- Penanceact of contrition, contrition, penitent, public penance, shrift
confession boothpulpit
Church speaking platform
lectern · ambo · town square · broadcast studio · stage
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