biechtstoel — meaning in English
Dutch → English · translate English → Dutch instead
English meaning
- confessional noun A small enclosed booth where a priest hears confession in private.
Senses
biechtstoel is used for these senses in English:
- confessional (Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
- confessional chair 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
confessional — full definition
- noun A small enclosed booth where a priest hears confession in private.
- adj Having the personal, admitting tone of a confession.