confessional
పశ్చాత్తాప
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.
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Every denomination has its theological articles and books of theology, its liturgies and 'confessional' statements.
But I did not know until later that our Baptist forefathers had found that wonderful document to be a helpful guide in formulating our early 'confessional' statements.
Curiously, his weakest section is the book's centerpiece chapter on the phenomenon of 'confessional' Protestantism.
He rejected 'confessional' Christianity and allowed religious toleration in his kingdom.
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.
The 'confessional' language is stunning in its clarity: ‘I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.’
It is not a 'confessional' religious statement about the nature of God; rather, only the view of the writer/community is presented.
In a series of 'confessional' encounters with his Dublin therapist, Ian, he reveals the hoarded guilt that rationally explains an irrational phenomenon.
Perhaps she might even blurt it out in a 'confessional' whisper.
And it is true that a priest has a rebuttable presumption against revealing in court what he has heard in the 'confessional' .
Instead it was a solid, sensible, stately speech, at times 'confessional' , highly personal.
The play then shifts to a church 'confessional' where the geek is talking about the sniffing incident, about how it was a sinful display but arousing nonetheless.
The project (not so much a blog, don't worry) is an ongoing compilation of anonymous, mailed-in 'confessional' postcards prettied up with thematic drawings or collages.
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.
It becomes an open diary or 'confessional' booth, where inward thoughts are publicly aired.
Church leaders should not use the protection they enjoy from being forced to reveal the 'confessional' conversations they have with parishioners to shield priests accused of child abuse.
With great scholarly skill, he shows how centuries-old Orthodox religious philosophy and rituals resembled the penitent, 'confessional' modes employed in the Soviet era.
‘The tradition of secrecy that exists there is conducive to the 'confessional' aspect of singing and writing songs,’ he says.
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.
In some dioceses, priests were expected to preach on the subject at least once a year, and it was not unusual for priests to raise the issue of contraception in the 'confessional' .
In the minds of the Enlightenment thinkers, 'confessional' religion, unless checked by law or by free competition, led inevitably to tyranny and persecution.
Matters get decidedly steamy and a tad too 'confessional' , though the lyrical twists reveal depth and vulnerability alongside the braggadocio.
Consequently, the screenplay has him paying frequent visits to a 'confessional' .
Repenting sinners may find relief in an item being auctioned on the Internet by a Vienna church - a cherry-wood 'confessional' .
The answer is one that feminists do not like to hear - namely, that the priest is an icon of Christ and acts in persona Christi at the altar and in the 'confessional' .
American 'confessional' Protestantism lacks the strength, influence, and productivity to carry this much weight, and it has been so lacking for a long time.
When theological professors and pastors abandon the biblical and 'confessional' doctrine of justification, they sacrifice the gospel and the souls of men.
It edges you away from the tendency towards melodrama that you occasionally get in 'confessional' verse.
In the field of 'confessional' theology there have been developments that allow greater receptivity to new ideas.
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