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Plural of confessor

regular plural

The plural of confessor is confessors.

Forms of confessor

Singularconfessor /kənˈfɛsə/
Pluralconfessors
Countablecountable

Confessors in a sentence

  • Psychiatrists, in such circumstances, may have followed the precedence of their spiritual forebears—religious confessors—in respecting the privacy of their patients.2004, Paul Jackson, chapter 3, in One of the Boys: Homosexuality in the Military during World War II, Montreal and Kingston…. From the entry precedence

Meaning of confessor

  1. noun One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
  2. noun One who confesses to having done something wrong.
  3. noun A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

Full definition of confessor

Questions about the plural of confessor

What is the plural of confessor?
The plural of confessor is confessors.
Is confessor countable?
Confessor is a countable noun.

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