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confessary

confessary noun: one who makes a confession.

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

Forms of confessary

pluralconfessaries

Origin of confessary

Latin confessarius.

Questions about confessary

What does confessary mean?
Confessary means one who makes a confession.
What part of speech is confessary?
Confessary is a noun.
What is the plural of confessary?
The plural of confessary is confessaries.

Words near confessary in the dictionary

  1. confessant
  2. confessants
  3. confessaries
  4. confessarii
  5. confessarius
  6. confessary
  7. confesse
  8. confessed
  9. confessedly
  10. confessedst
  11. confessee

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