confessor

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
2. One who confesses to having done something wrong.
3. A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
4. (broadly, figuratively) Someone who acts as listener and helper.

Έννοιες

εξομολογητής

πνευματικός

ομολογητής

εξομόλογος

Συνώνυμα

confesser

acceptor

believer

confidant

father

👨‍👦

one who confesses

Μεταφράσεις

confesseur

Beichtvater

confessore

confesor

confessor

penintentiarius

confessor

confesante

biechtvader

belijder

günah çıkaran papaz

حواري

director espiritual

biechteling

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kənˈfɛsə/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: confessor

In summary

From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.