In medieval times, the laity often visited a confessor before major religious festivals.
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Confessor
//kənˈfɛsə//
Synonyms for "confessor" (9 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
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9 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 26 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- спаве́днік noun (priest who hears confession)
- спавяда́льнік noun (priest who hears confession)
Bulgarian
1 entries- изпове́дник noun (priest who hears confession)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 宣信者 noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- 懺悔者 /忏悔者 noun (one who confesses)
- 自白者 noun (one who confesses)
Czech
2 entries- vyznavač noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- zpovědník noun (priest who hears confession)
Danish
2 entries- bekender noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- skriftefader noun (priest who hears confession)
Dutch
2 entries- belijder noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- biechtvader noun (priest who hears confession)
Finnish
2 entries- rippi-isä noun (priest who hears confession)
- tunnustaja noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
French
1 entries- confesseur noun (priest who hears confession)
German
3 entries- Beichtiger noun (priest who hears confession)
- Beichtvater noun (priest who hears confession)
- Bekenner noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
Greek
3 entries- ομολογητής noun (one who confesses)
- ομολογητής noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- πνευματικός noun (priest who hears confession)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyóntatópap noun (priest who hears confession)
- hitvalló noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
Icelandic
1 entries- játari noun (priest who hears confession)
Irish
4 entries- admhálaí noun (one who confesses)
- athair faoistine noun (priest who hears confession)
- coinfeasóir noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- dearbhóir noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
Italian
1 entries- confessore noun (priest who hears confession)
Japanese
3 entries- 告白者 noun (one who confesses)
- 自白する人 noun (one who confesses)
- 表信者 noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
Macedonian
2 entries- духовник noun (priest who hears confession)
- исповедник noun (priest who hears confession)
Old English
2 entries- andetta noun (one who confesses)
- sċrift noun (priest who hears confession)
Persian
1 entries- خستو noun (one who confesses)
Polish
2 entries- spowiednik noun (priest who hears confession)
- wyznawca noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
Portuguese
2 entries- confessor noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- confessor noun (priest who hears confession)
Russian
3 entries- испове́дник noun (one who confesses)
- испове́дник noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- испове́дник noun (priest who hears confession)
Slovak
1 entries- spovedník noun (priest who hears confession)
Spanish
1 entries- confesante noun (priest who hears confession)
Swedish
3 entries- bekännare noun (one who confesses)
- bekännare noun (one who confesses faith in Christianity)
- biktfader noun (priest who hears confession)
Ukrainian
1 entries- спові́дник noun (priest who hears confession)
Welsh
1 entries- periglor noun (priest who hears confession)
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Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.
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Confessors provided the troubled Church with an alternative sort of authority based on their sufferings, particularly when arguments began about how and how much to forgive those Christians who had given way to imperial orders – the so-called ‘lapsed’.
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Near-synonym: confessant
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