Confessant

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who confesses to a priest. obsolete

    "[T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him."

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confessorpenitent

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"[T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him."

Etymology

From French confessant, equivalent to confess + -ant.

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