confessor.
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
Meaning & usage
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.
One who confesses to having done something wrong.
A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
Someone who acts as listener and helper.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.
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