confessionary

& s. [Low Lat. confes sionarium, from Lat. confe us.] A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to confe ion; of the nature of a confe ion. "They make a kind of confe ionary litany to them selves,."-Bp. Prideaux : Euchol . (1656), p. 220. B. As subst.: A confe ional. "These stalls confe ionaries or confe ionals."- Archeol . x. 299 (1792). have been improperly termed con-fes-sion-Ist, s. [Eng. confe ion; -ist.] One adhering to a certain confe ion; one profe ing a certain faith. the Protestant and Romish confe ionists." Mountagu: App. to Cæsar; Ded. "