Definition of Confessors. Meaning of Confessors. Synonyms of Confessors

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Definition of Confessors

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 Confessors from wikipedia

- with the church. It became the practice of the penitents to go to the Confessors, who had willingly suffered for the faith and survived, to plead their...
- martyrdom, are called confessors (Latin: confessores). Later, popes, bishops, abbots, kings and hermits were also counted among the confessors. With the spread...
- The Confessor (novel), a 2003 novel by Daniel Silva Confessor (disambiguation) List of Confessors, a list of people with the Christian title Confessor of...
- 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...
- translated "confessor") Confessor (DC Comics), fictional villain from DC Comics List of Confessors, a list of people with the Christian title Confessor of the...
- The Swinging Confessors (Italian: Il prete sposato), also known as Intimacy and The Married Priest, is a 1970 Italian comedy film written and directed...
- The Confessor (short for Confessor of the Faith) is a title bestowed by some Christian denominations. Those so honored include: Anthony the Confessor (died...
- New Martyrs and Confessors of Russian Church (Russian: Новомученики и исповедники Церкви Русской, before 2013 - New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Russian:...
- Paul I of Constantinople or Saint Paul the Confessor (Gr****: Παῦλος; died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337. Paul...
- Chariton the Confessor (Gr****: Χαρίτων; mid-3rd century, Iconium, Asia Minor – c. 350, Judaean desert) was an early Christian monk. He is venerated as...