confessional
കുറ്റസമ്മതം
definition
noun
And there were a good many other sequences planned for the picture which are not there, including her visit to a confessional in the Catholic church - without words, nothing was ever said.
an enclosed stall in a church divided by a screen or curtain in which a priest sits to hear people confess their sins.
His lyrics read like tabloid confessionals , offering glimpses into a celebrity's life.
an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about; a confession.
adjective
the autobiography is remarkably confessional
(especially of speech or writing) in which a person reveals or admits to private thoughts or past incidents, especially ones that cause shame or embarrassment.
the confessional approach to religious education
of or relating to confessions of faith or doctrinal systems.
example
Religion, especially 'confessional' Christianity, has always concerned itself with authority and certainty.
He rejected 'confessional' Christianity and allowed religious toleration in his kingdom.
Institutionally, the field is not best described in the ways better suited to a previous period, using the categories of 'confessional' theology and neutral religious studies.
God is not revealed in words and 'confessional' statements, but as presence.
I'm going to have to spend a year in the 'confessional' at church after all this is over.
It is not a 'confessional' religious statement about the nature of God; rather, only the view of the writer/community is presented.
I have used the 'confessional' voice in both poetry and prose myself, not because I couldn't contain my urge to express myself, but because I thought that it might well be the best technique for a certain piece.
Christian doctrine identifies the rules by which Christians use 'confessional' language to define the social world that they indwell.
This is not necessarily a criticism: refusing to provide much context for their narratives, these songs are guardedly 'confessional' , eager to elicit emotions but hesitant to reveal too much.
He stopped embracing jealousy not wanting to hear a maudlin 'confessional' in the hallway outside the lavatories.
With great scholarly skill, he shows how centuries-old Orthodox religious philosophy and rituals resembled the penitent, 'confessional' modes employed in the Soviet era.
Did he mean he would violate the 'confessional' seal?
And it is true that a priest has a rebuttable presumption against revealing in court what he has heard in the 'confessional' .
Anyhow, it's not a surprise that so many of the examples of this kind are in 'confessional' writing about relationship problems.
Canada, said the news agency, was advancing a plan that would deny clergy the right to refuse testimony on anything they heard in the 'confessional' .
They started with an a priori assumption that their particular 'confessional' stance descended from the original expression of the Christian faith in the first century.
His film springs from a US culture steeped in acts of catharsis, where the therapist's couch has usurped the church 'confessional' , and in its turn it has been eclipsed by the public exorcisms of the chat show.
And the evidence of that confession, or 'confessional' statement, was admitted without objection?
Like its multi-platinum predecessor, it's full of yearning tunes and poignant, 'confessional' lyrics that foster an intense and highly personal sense of identification between the band and its fans.
They spoke in a 'confessional' whisper.
With jangly guitars, electronic touches, melancholic melodies, and 'confessional' lyrics, this album is a must have for any indie-pop enthusiast.
And there were a good many other sequences planned for the picture which are not there, including her visit to a 'confessional' in the Catholic church - without words, nothing was ever said.
Matters get decidedly steamy and a tad too 'confessional' , though the lyrical twists reveal depth and vulnerability alongside the braggadocio.
It edges you away from the tendency towards melodrama that you occasionally get in 'confessional' verse.
One senses they'd rather have a 'confessional' book.
While I'm in a 'confessional' mood, I might as well admit that the technique of salting hashes for increased security in storing passwords had passed me by until recently, too.
The reaction to our contemporary 'confessional' culture has altered the meaning of free speech and privacy.
Usually once the ‘penitent’, that is, the person going to confession, closes the 'confessional' door, he or she kneels down on a kneeler, or in the case of someone who is elderly or has another reason for doing so, he or she sits down.
However, I would no longer go in a 'confessional' booth and say sorry to some superior being for my mistakes, instead, I learn from them, I could never be sorry for my life experiences.
The role of 'confessional' statements in the search for unity and the effect of participation in the Eucharist to establish the fellowship of believers with each other and Jesus Christ are seen as forging an inner link.
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