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- adverb With regard to religious
confession ;denominationally ,religiously .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But making the celebrations confessionally pluralistic, and leaching them of their Christian monopoly, does not make them any less religious.
Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas Christopher Hitchens 2011
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Steve Martin has thoughts on being an evolutionary creationist in a confessionally Reformed church.
Creationism: the Opium of which People? James F. McGrath 2010
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Candidates must be confessionally Reformed Christians who are committed to excellence in teaching, professional development and contributing to the community.
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While I am not the foremost apologist for inerrancy it is something to which I confessionally adhere.
The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010
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The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination.
In the Monica Lewinsky scandal — 10 years old now — "Everybody lost, with one exception, or possibly two." Ann Althouse 2008
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Think of it not only as literature, for those who would rather read than cook, but as a wise and wise-cracking friend, for everything you need and may be curious to know is revealed, confessionally, as if over a glass of wine, within 500-odd pages.
Book Review - Shaun 2007
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The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting the Socialism Back Into National Socialism: 2007
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The unrestrained autonomy of local churches is seen by quite a few in the Anglican world as an absolute value; others want to see a far more confessionally 'pure' Church emerging.
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As if to atone for the fake backstory, I stayed almost confessionally open and honest with my schoolmates about anything I possibly could.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
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Unionism and independence were becoming clearly delineated geographically and confessionally.
1884, Oct. 22 2001
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