confessor

/kษ™nหˆfษ›sษ™/
noun
  1. 1

    One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.

  2. 2

    One who confesses to having done something wrong.

  3. 3

    A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution

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