英文词源
- confessional (n.)
- "place where a priest sits to hear confession," 1727, from French confessional, from Medieval Latin confessionale, noun use of neuter of confessionalis (adj.), from confiteri (see confess).
- confessional (adj.)
- "pertaining to confession," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin confessionalis (see confessional (n.)).
