confessor
Plural: confessors
Noun
- a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
- someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
- One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
- One who confesses to having done something wrong.
- A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
- Someone who acts as listener and helper.
Examples
- Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.
Synonyms
father confessor#Noun
Scrabble Score: 14
confessor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordconfessor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
confessor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
confessor: valid Words With Friends Word