Vocabulary : Confessant to Confessionalist

Confessant : One who confesses to a priest.
Confessary : One who makes a confession.
Confessed : of Confess
Confessedly : By confession; without denial.
Confesser : One who makes a confession.

Confessing : of Confess
Confession : Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. ;; Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. ;; The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. ;; 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. ;; 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 : 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. ;; Pertaining to a confession of faith.
Confessionalism : An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.
Confessionalist : A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.

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