GR translation: in dark confessional

Mike Jing mikezjing at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 10 20:53:57 CDT 2011


P96.34-35  ... + Katje and Gottfried both kneeling, side by side in dark confessional + ...

What is the meaning of "confessional" here?  The published translation has it as:

2. chiefly  Christianity, RC Church  a small stall, usually enclosed and divided by a screen or curtain, where a priest hears confessions

but it seems wrong to me both grammatically and contextually.  Could it mean some kind of attire suitable for confession?

  		 	   		  


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