confessor – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
confessor
n.
one who confesses, one who admits; priest who hears confession; one who confesses faith in Christianity (especially in the face of persecution)
Confessor
Confessor is a title used within
Christianity in several ways.
confessor
Noun
1. a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
(hypernym) priest
(derivation) confess
2. someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
(hypernym) communicator
(derivation) concede, profess, confess
confessor
n.
confessor, priest who hears confession; director
Confessor
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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