Alder-liefest :: Alder-liefest (a.) Most beloved.

Chiefest :: Chiefest (a.) First or foremost; chief; principal.

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest..

Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..

Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

Confessant :: Confessant (n.) One who confesses to a priest.

Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.

Confessed :: Confessed (imp. & p. p.) of Confes.

Confessedly :: Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.

Confesser :: Confesser (n.) One who makes a confession.

Confessing :: Confessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confes.

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime..

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Confession :: Confession (n.) A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith..

Confession :: Confession (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted..

Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..

Confessional :: Confessional (a.) Pertaining to a confession of faith.

Confessionalism :: Confessionalism (n.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.

Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

Confessionary :: Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany..

Confessionist :: Confessionist (n.) One professing a certain faith.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) 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..

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

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