confessor
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not…One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
» In medieval times, the laity often visited a confessor before major religious festivals.
Meaning
4 sensesOne who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.
Bekenner
испове́дникispovédnik
someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
Near-synonym: confessant
испове́дникispovédnik
A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
Beichtvater, Beichtiger
испове́дникispovédnik
спові́дникspovídnyk
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
(broadly, figuratively)Someone who acts as listener and helper.
Examples
1 sentencesIn medieval times, the laity often visited a confessor before major religious festivals.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, LFrom Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.
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Forms
plural: confessors| Singular | confessor |
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