confessionary

In 1634 he published a Nahuatl-language confessionary, for the use of priests administering confession to Nahuas.

While no motive was disclosed, Mr. List left a confessionary letter to his minister that told of mounting money problems, admitted that he had siphoned money from his mother's $200,000 savings and recounted in gruesome detail how he had slain his family.

In 2006, Greek newspapers reported the archbishop's displeasure at a decision by the centre-right government of New Democracy under Kostas Karamanlis to discontinue the practice of allowing Greek Orthodox priests to use public schools for confessionary purposes.