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confessant|kənˈfɛsənt|
[f. confess + -ant1, corresp. to F. confessant, med.L. confessānt-em pr. pple.]
One who confesses or makes a confession, esp. as a religious duty.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 248 Why is it not enough in the Confessant, for his confession to say onely, I confesse all my sins? 1625Bacon Apoph. 477 The confessant kneels down before the priest. 1843Borrow Bible in Spain iii. (1872) 18 All these charms were fabrications of the monks, who had sold them to their infatuated confessants. 188019th Cent. VII. 120 The confessant's signature was awanting. |