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

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

Creed :: Creed (v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive..

Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

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

Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

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

Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

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

Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..

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

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

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

Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.

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..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

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

Formula :: Formula (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..

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