(ecclesiastical, chiefly historical) The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.

plural of confessionalization

In the manner or style of a confession. / Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. / A confession.

(religion) A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. / (poetry) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.

plural of confessional

Obsolete form of confession.

To fix religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.

plural of confessione

With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.