Usage Note
Confessionnal is the enclosed booth in a Catholic church where a priest hears confession. Its plural is confessionnaux, following the -al → -aux pattern. In figurative French, the phrase sous le sceau du confessionnal (under the seal of the confessional) is used to mean 'in strictest confidence'.
Examples
"Le prêtre s'assoit dans le confessionnal."
Natural Translation
The priest sits in the confessional.
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