confessor

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noun

Plural noun:

confessorsconfessour

1.
One 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.
2.
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
Near-synonym: confessant
Đồng nghĩa: confessant
3.
(Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
Đồng nghĩa: father confessor
4.
(broadly, figuratively)(by extension, figurative) Someone who acts as listener and helper.

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Đồng nghĩa

confessantfather confessorfather confessor#Noun

Cùng gốc / liên quan

confessorialconfessorshipfather confessorEdward the Confessor

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English confessor, confessour, from confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (confess, admit, acknowledge). confess.