confessor

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

confesseur

Synonymes

confesser

acceptor

believer

confidant

father

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one who confesses

Traductions

confessore

Beichtvater

confesor

confessor

εξομολογητής

belijder

biechtvader

πνευματικός

confessor

ομολογητής

confesante

penintentiarius

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حواري

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˈfɛsə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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.