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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...
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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...
- 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...
- is
often translated "
confessor") List of
Confessors, a list of
people with the
Christian title Confessor of the
Faith The
Confessor (disambiguation) This...
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Maximus the
Confessor (Gr****: Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, romanized: Maximos ho Homologētēs), also
spelled Maximos,
otherwise known as
Maximus the Theologian...
- The Good
Shepherd (also
known as The
Confessor in the
United States) is a 2004
Canadian drama film
directed by
Lewin Webb,
written by Brad Mirman, and...
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Confessor is an
American doom
metal band from Raleigh,
North Carolina. By
their technically complex interpretation of
traditional doom style, they are...
- The
Swinging Confessors (Italian: Il
prete sposato), also
known as
Intimacy and The
Married Priest, is a 1970
Italian comedy film
written and directed...
