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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confessor \Con*fess"or\ (?; 277), n. [OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr L. & LL confessor.] 1. 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. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. --Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. --Bacon. 2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confessor n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution 2: someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
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