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Confessional

The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.

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A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

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A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

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Ablution noun · 78% connection

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as…

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Alcove noun · 78% connection

A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a…

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Barouche noun · 78% connection

A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that…

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Bay window unknown · 78% connection

A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular…

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Boot noun · 78% connection

An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.

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Casement noun · 78% connection

A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recess, seat, inclosed, place, priest.
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Catherine wheel unknown · 78% connection

Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.

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Confess verb · 78% connection

To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

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Confessionalist noun · 78% connection

A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.

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Confessor noun · 78% connection

A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

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Cure noun · 78% connection

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish…

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Ephod noun · 78% connection

A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or b…

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Extort verb · 78% connection

To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity;…

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Figure noun · 78% connection

A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all side…

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Hear verb · 78% connection

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Heart noun · 78% connection

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the…

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Licentiate noun · 78% connection

A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.

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Light noun · 78% connection

The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a win…

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