confessional booth
Sin-telling chamber
A confessional booth is a small enclosed structure in Catholic churches where a priest hears confessions.
The booth typically has two compartments separated by a screen or grating, allowing the confessor to speak anonymously.
The term extends figuratively to any setting where private admissions are made: The talk show became a confessional booth for celebrities.
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- sinViolation of divine law
- mortal sinGrace-destroying spiritual offense
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- Hail MaryCatholic Marian invocation
absolution · whisper · hushed tones · curtain · kneeling · forgiveness · secrets · Catholic · church · screen · lattice · darkness · guilt · sacrament · penitent · wooden · prayer · hushed
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- confessionabsolution, admission, acknowledgment, declaration, statement
- sacred spacessanctuary, chapel, sanctum, mandir, prayer hall
- documentary techniquesinterviews, narration, voiceover, voice-over, voice over
confessional boothpublic square
Open urban gathering place
pulpit · witness stand · pillory · stage · soapbox
confessional boothwitness stand
Place for giving testimony
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