Definition of Confessor. Meaning of Confessor. Synonyms of Confessor

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Definition of Confessor

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. 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.

Meaning of Confessor from wikipedia

- traditions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution...
- Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wes****, he...
- Maximus the Confessor (Gr****: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, romanized: Maximos ho Homologētēs), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian...
- The Confessor may refer to: The Confessor (album), a 1985 album by Joe Walsh "The Confessor" (song), a 1985 song by Joe Walsh The Confessor (film), a...
- martyrdom, are called confessors (Latin: confessores). Later, popes, bishops, abbots, kings and hermits were also counted among the confessors. With the spread...
- Look up confessor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Confessor may refer to: Confessor of the Faith, a saint ****cuted but not martyred for their beliefs...
- Confessor is an American doom metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. By their technically complex interpretation of traditional doom style, they are...
- Theophanes the Confessor (Gr****: Θεοφάνης Ὁμολογητής; c. 759 – 817 or 818) was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy who became a monk and chronicler...
- Iste confessor is a Latin hymn used in the Divine Office at Lauds and Vespers on feasts of confessors. It exists in two forms. Iste confessor Domini sacratus...
- Paul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor (Gr****: Παῦλος; died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337 AD. Paul became...