noun. One who confesses.

noun. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution but does not suffer martyrdom.

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noun. A priest who hears confession and gives absolution.

noun. A priest who is one's spiritual mentor.

noun. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a crime, a fault, or an obligation.

noun. One who makes a profession of his faith in the Christian religion; specifically, one who avows his religion in the face of danger, and adheres to it in spite of persecution and torture.

noun. One who hears confessions; specifically, a priest who hears confession and grants absolution; distinctively, as a title of office, a priest employed as a private spiritual director, as of a king or other great personage.

noun. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.

noun. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

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

noun. One who confesses to having done something wrong.

noun. A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution

noun. someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)

noun. a priest who hears confession and gives absolution

"Rightly is he called the confessor of God, who continually preached the name of Christ, and who by his words, his examples, and his miracles excited peoples, tribes, and tongues unto the confession of his name, of human sin, and of divine promise!"

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