confessor
con·fes·sor
noun
1.
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
2.
someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
Origin
From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.
Phrases
- Edward the Confessor
- father confessor
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