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confessaries

confessaries is the plural of confessary.

Meaning of confessary

Noun

confessary (plural confessaries)

  1. (obsolete) One who makes a confession.
    • God hath left power to the Church, that is, to the Priests of the Church, to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in Him; and therefore directs the Confessary to absolve the confessing penitent of all his sins in the name, &c.1708, Dr. George Hickes, preface to Thomas Brett, The Divine Right of Episcopacy Asserted

Questions about confessaries

What is confessaries the plural of?
Confessaries is the plural of confessary.

Words near confessaries in the dictionary

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

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