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confessants

confessants is the plural of confessant.

Meaning of confessant

Noun

confessant (plural confessants)

  1. (obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
    • [T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.1625, Francis [Bacon], “[Apophthegm 213]”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC, page 234
    Synonyms:
    penitent

Questions about confessants

What is confessants the plural of?
Confessants is the plural of confessant.

Words near confessants in the dictionary

  1. confervæ
  2. confess
  3. confess'd
  4. confessable
  5. confessant
  6. confessants
  7. confessaries
  8. confessarii
  9. confessarius
  10. confessary
  11. confesse

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