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confiteor

Syllables: con·fi·te·orUK/kənˈfɪtiɔː/

confiteor noun: a prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.

Noun (1)

confiteor (plural confiteors)

  1. A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
    • “Pugh!” she said. “You are disgusting! Go into the chapel now and say a confiteor each for your sin.”1967, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 240, page 80

Noun (2) capitalized: Confiteor

Confiteor (plural Confiteors)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of confiteor.

Forms of confiteor

pluralconfiteors
pluralConfiteors

Origin of confiteor

From Latin cōnfiteor (“to confess”), the first word of the prayer and used as its title in Ecclesiastical Latin. Doublet of confess.

Questions about confiteor

What does confiteor mean?
Confiteor means a prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
What part of speech is confiteor?
Confiteor is a noun.
How do you pronounce confiteor?
Confiteor is pronounced /kənˈfɪtiɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of confiteor?
The plural of confiteor is confiteors.

Words near confiteor in the dictionary

  1. confiseurs
  2. confit
  3. confited
  4. confitent
  5. confitents
  6. confiteor
  7. confiteors
  8. confiting
  9. confits
  10. confiture
  11. confitures

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