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confessional

small, enclosed booth used for confession
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confessional
Giuseppe Molteni · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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confessional

Summary

confessional ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (590 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • confessional is a type of liturgical furniture[2].
  • confessional is used for confession[3].
  • confessional's Commons category is recorded as Confessionals[4].
  • confessional's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Confessionals[5].
  • confessional's Commons gallery is recorded as Confessional[6].
  • confessional's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • confessional's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • confessional's used by is recorded as confessor[9].
  • confessional's used by is recorded as confessant[10].

Body

Definition and Type

confessional is a type of liturgical furniture[2].

Use and Application

confessional is used for confession[3]. Recorded used by include confessor[9] and confessant[10].

Why It Matters

confessional ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (590 views/month).[1] confessional has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] confessional is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_confessional_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{confessional}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/confessional}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17h ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  2. 2d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → c/confesionario
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: c/confesionario, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  3. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → liturgical furniture
    Used by → confessor, confessant
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555327905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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