confessor

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

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.

Sinonimai

confesser

acceptor

believer

confidant

father

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one who confesses

Vertimai

confesseur

confessore

Beichtvater

confesor

confessor

εξομολογητής

biechtvader

πνευματικός

confessor

ομολογητής

confesante

penintentiarius

belijder

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Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/kənˈfɛsə/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: 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.