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From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition.
John Harington

Meaning of "confessor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONFESSOR

confessor  [kənˈfɛsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFESSOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Confessor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONFESSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of confessor in the English dictionary

The first definition of confessor in the dictionary is a priest who hears confessions and sometimes acts as a spiritual counsellor. Other definition of confessor is a person who bears witness to his Christian religious faith by the holiness of his life, esp in resisting threats or danger, but does not suffer martyrdom. Confessor is also a person who makes a confession.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFESSOR


aggressor
əˈɡrɛsə
assessor
əˈsɛsə
cesser
ˈsɛsə
compressor
kəmˈprɛsə
decompressor
ˌdiːkəmˈprɛsə
dresser
ˈdrɛsə
finesser
fɪˈnɛsə
hairdresser
ˈhɛəˌdrɛsə
lesser
ˈlɛsə
microprocessor
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈprəʊsɛsə
Odessa
əʊˈdɛsə
predecessor
ˈpriːdɪˌsɛsə
presser
ˈprɛsə
processor
ˈprəʊsɛsə
professor
prəˈfɛsə
repressor
rɪˈprɛsə
successor
səkˈsɛsə
suppressor
səˈprɛsə
TESSA
ˈtɛsə
vanessa
vəˈnɛsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFESSOR

conferval
confervoid
confess
confessable
confessant
confessedly
confession
confession of faith
confessional
confessional television
confessionalism
confessionalist
confessionally
confessionary
confessoress
confessorship
confest
confestly
confetti
confetto

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFESSOR

antecessor
assistant professor
associate professor
axial-flow compressor
college professor
Edward the Confessor
food processor
full professor
lessor
multiprocessor
nutty professor
oppressor
preprocessor
pressor
regressor
scissor
stressor
tongue depressor
transgressor
visiting professor
word processor

Synonyms and antonyms of confessor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «confessor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONFESSOR

Find out the translation of confessor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of confessor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confessor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

忏悔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

confesor
570 millions of speakers

English

confessor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंफ़ेसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المعترف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

духовник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

confessor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যে ব্যক্তি বিপদ্বরণ করিয়াত্ত ধর্মপালন করে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confesseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengakuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beichtvater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

告白者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고백
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangakon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người xưng tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாவமன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் பாதிரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कबूल करतो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

itirafçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

confessore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spowiednik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

духівник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

duhovnic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ομολογητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

belijder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skriftefar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of confessor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFESSOR»

The term «confessor» is regularly used and occupies the 74.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFESSOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about confessor

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2 QUOTES WITH «CONFESSOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word confessor.
1
John Harington
From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition.
2
George Herbert
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFESSOR»

Discover the use of confessor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confessor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Confessor
Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost. Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written.
Terry Goodkind, 2011
2
Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings
This volume includes a translation of four spiritual treatises of Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662), plus an account of his trial.
Saint Maximus (Confessor), George Charles Berthold, 1985
3
Maximus the Confessor
St Maximus the Confessor, the greatest of Byzantine theologians, lived through the most catastrophic period the Byzantine Empire was to experience before the Crusades. This book introduces the reader to the times and upheavals during ...
Andrew Louth, 2005
4
Edward the Confessor
Combines political biography and acute historical scholarship to provide a documented account of the life and reign of this eleventh-century Anglo-Danish monarch who was canonized as a saint
Frank Barlow, 1984
5
The chronicle of Theophanes Confessor: Byzantine and Near ...
Theophanes the Confessor (d.818) was a Byzantine abbot who fell victim to the Iconoclastic persecution.
Theophanes (the Confessor), Cyril A. Mango, Roger Scott, 1997
6
The Confessor
In the wake of a Munich writer's assassination, Mossad agent Gabriel Allon and Vatican priest Pietro embark on dangerous journeys that reveal long-buried secrets affecting the fates of millions of people. Reprint.
Daniel Silva, 2004
7
Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor
This masterpiece on Maximus broke new ground at that time. This is the first English translation of the latest edition of this acclaimed work.
Hans Urs von Balthasar, 2003
8
The Life of the Virgin: Maximus the Confessor
Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography.
‎2012
9
Edward the Confessor: the man and the legend
The life and cult of Edward the Confessor are here fully reappraised.
Richard Mortimer, 2009
10
David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer
Nietzsche's clear eye saw this and in the first of his little pamphlets, "David Strauss, der Bekenner and der Schriftsteller" ("David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer"), he bore down upon Strauss' bourgeoise pseudo-skepticism most ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFESSOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confessor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ignatius: ISIS' orgy of cruelty
The jihadists stand alongside the German Nazis of the Holocaust and Torquemada and his confessor-priests in the Spanish Inquisition. «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Laura Prepon's Scientology Interview Is Suitably Batshit Fucking Crazy
First of all, before they will audit him, the Scientologists make the confessor sign a release form swearing he will never sue them. Second, the ... «Popdust, Jul 15»
3
Media Challenged to Work Within Rules, Regulations
... of correspondence, of medical records, of sexual preferences, and doctor to patient information, priest-confessor, lawyer-client relationships, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
I'm Not Interested In Guys Who Don't Read Books By Women
And message me they have. I've become something of an inadvertent confessor for the book-reading single male population of New York City. «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
5
BBC Journalist, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, Reveals Stem Cell Donor Has …
"Desperate enough to try anything, I touched the tomb of Edward the Confessor and lit a candle in the Abbey and 'ping' went my phone - a ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
6
London: Flower Power at St Joseph's
They created a beautiful display to adorn the statue of St Joseph at St Edmund the Confessor Roman Catholic Church in Golders Green - which ... «Independent Catholic News, Jul 15»
7
Cardinal describes how pathway for remarried divorcees would work
... discussion process with a confessor”, Kasper suggested. The purpose of such a “penitential process” would be for the remarried divorcees to ... «The Tablet, Jul 15»
8
Romeo Maione (1925-2015) — Social activist influenced labour …
This task made him a father confessor for all the workers with grievances towards management. In addition it gave him an understanding that ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
9
Take centre stage in this sublime historic estate
It has had a number of important owners since then, including Edward the Confessor, the Abbot of Pershore and rather more recently, the ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
10
A new King's Lynn play on Margery Kemp
The clerical spin around disagreements with her confessor (and her heartfelt protests at accusations from bishops and archbishops) was ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»

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