Pain induced by some external or internal irritant, by inflammation, or by injury to nerves, organs, or other tissues that interferes with the function, nutrition, or circulation of the affected part. It is usually traceable to a definite pathologic process.
A confessional is an enclosed stall in a church divided by a screen or curtain in which a priest sits to hear people confess their sins. Mitre. A mitre is a tall headdress worn by bishops and senior abbots as a symbol of office, tapering to a point at front and back with a deep cleft between.
(by extension) a small light. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object the taper of a spire. The legs of the table had a slight taper to them. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.