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 Definitions of confessor  [ənˈfɛs ər]  

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Definition of 'confessor' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) confessor
a person who confesses.

2.  confessor
a priest authorized to hear confessions.

3.  confessor
a male saint who suffered persecution but not martyrdom.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; (in pl: confessores) < LL)

Definition of 'confessor' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) confessor
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution

2. (noun) confessor
someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
Definition of 'confessor' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) confessor
one who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith

2. (noun) confessor
a priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution
Translation of 'confessor' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a priest who hears confessions.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: belyder; geloofsgetuie; b Arabic flag Arabic: الكاهِن المُعرِّف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изповедник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: confessor Czech flag Czech: zpovědník German flag German: der Beichtvater
Danish flag Danish: skriftefader Greek flag Greek: εξομολογητής Spanish flag Spanish: confesor
Estonian flag Estonian: pihiisa Farsi flag Farsi: اقرار کننده Finnish flag Finnish: rippi-isä
French flag French: confesseur Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוֹמֶר וִידוּי Hindi flag Hindi: पापमोचक, पाप स्वीकरण पादर
Croatian flag Croatian: ispovjednik Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyóntató Indonesian flag Indonesian: pastor yang mendengarkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skriftaprestur Italian flag Italian: confessore Japanese flag Japanese: 聴罪司祭
Korean flag Korean: 고해 신부 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuodėmklausys Latvian flag Latvian: biktstēvs
Malay flag Malay: paderi pendengar pengakua Dutch flag Dutch: biechtvader Norwegian flag Norwegian: skriftefar
Polish flag Polish: spowiednik Persian flag Persian: اقرار کننده Pashto flag Pashto: اعتراف كوونكى، اقرار كوون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: confessor Romanian flag Romanian: duhovnic Russian flag Russian: исповедник
Slovak flag Slovak: spovedník Slovenian flag Slovenian: spovednik Serbian flag Serbian: ispovednik
Swedish flag Swedish: biktfader Thai flag Thai: พระผู้รับฟังการสารภาพบาป Turkish flag Turkish: günah çıkaran papaz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 告解神父 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сповідник, духівник Urdu flag Urdu: اعتراف سنن‍ے والا پادری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: linh mục nghe xưng tội Chinese flag Chinese: 忏悔神父

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'confessor' - Nearby Entries  

confession  confession of judgement  confession of judgment  confessor  confetti  confidant  confidante  



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