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† conˈfessary Obs.
[ad. med.L. confessāri-us; see prec.]
1. A casuist who deals with confession.
a1619Donne βιαθανατος (1644) 98 The Confessaries of these times. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. viii. 187 The strange determination of learned Azpilcueta, the oracle of Confessaries..teaches, that the prisoner..is not bound at his death to confesse the crime to the world.
2. A father confessor.
a1656Bp. Hall Serm. Wks. II. 289 (T.) To resist it, as partial magistrates; to reveal it, as treacherous confessaries.
3. One who makes a confession; a confessant.
1608T. Morton Pream. Incounter 10 Euery penitent Confessarie must receiue absolution. |