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Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

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

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

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

Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Acknow :: Acknow (v. t.) To acknowledge; to confess.

Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

Father :: Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc..

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

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..

Confessorship :: Confessorship (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

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

Approver :: Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2..

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

Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

Profess :: Profess (v. i.) To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.

Beknow :: Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge.

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