🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

división confesional

Pronunciation / Transliteration: diβiˈsjon komfesi̯oˈnal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Confessional Division/kənˈfɛʃ.ən.əl dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El diálogo interreligioso busca superar la división confesional."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A theological, cultural, or political separation or boundary existing between different religious denominations or confessions.

    "The peace treaty sought to heal the deep confessional division that had plagued the region for decades."
  2. 2

    The structural segregation of communities or institutions along religious lines.

    "Educational policies often reflected the confessional division prevalent in the nineteenth-century society."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from the Late Latin 'confessionalis' (relating to a confession of faith) combined with the Latin 'divisio' (a splitting or parting). Historically emerging during the Post-Reformation era in Europe, it came to describe the deep theological and sociopolitical fractures separating various Christian denominations.

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