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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: confessor (0.00821 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to confessor.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: confessor
confessor
n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
2: someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to
themselves)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Confessor
Confessor
\Con*fess"or\ (?; 277), n. [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.
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He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers
for it is a confessor. --Latham.
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Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood
of so many martyrs and confessors. --Bacon.
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2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is
authorized to grant them absolution.
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