confessor

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

confesor

confesante

creyente

padre espiritual

practicante

Sinónimos

confesser

acceptor

believer

confidant

father

👨‍👦

one who confesses

Traducciones

confesseur

confessore

Beichtvater

confessor

εξομολογητής

πνευματικός

confessor

ομολογητής

belijder

biechtvader

penintentiarius

günah çıkaran papaz

حواري

director espiritual

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kənˈfɛsə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: 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.