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Confessor
Meaning
Noun
●
One who
confesses
faith
in Christianity
in the face of
persecution
, but who is not martyred.
●
One who
confesses
to having done something wrong.
●
In Roman Catholicism & People:
A
priest
who
hears
confession
and then
gives
absolution
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Origin
confessor
English
confessour
Anglo-Norman
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