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CONFESSOR
confessor
(noun) a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
confessor
(noun) someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
confessor
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
(Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fess"or, n. Etym: [OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.]
1. 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. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. Bacon.
2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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