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Confessionals

Scope note

Small booths furnished with a seat for a priest and with a screen or latticed window through which the penitent may talk to the priest, who is hidden. HAS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30003777

Term used for

shriving-seats

Equivalent Terms used

confessional

Created

13yrs ago

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