Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the office of a confessor.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
confessor
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Examples
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Warren takes a confessorial tone -- always a nice touch -- links several seemingly similar relationships together, then daisy chains them with a nice bit of rhetorical sleight of hand into an almost inexorable ride into absurdity.
Lions Led by Donkeys Rogers 2006
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Warren takes a confessorial tone -- always a nice touch -- links several seemingly similar relationships together, then daisy chains them with a nice bit of rhetorical sleight of hand into an almost inexorable ride into absurdity.
Archive 2006-05-28 Rogers 2006
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He was past master of the confessorial technique that confesses nothing because it blabs too much.
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He did not enlighten me on the subject; instead he turned with a severe confessorial face to Henrik: "No ergo!
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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