| 释义 |
confessee rare.|kɒnfɛˈsiː|
[f. confess v. + -ee.]
a. One who is confessed (by a priest).
b. One to whom confession is made.
(Ambiguous and to be avoided.)
1601F. Godwin Bps. Eng. 377 Either the Confessor, or the Confessee, or the reporter, lied I doubt not. 1839J. Rogers Antipopopr. xiv. §1. 305 Confessor and confitent, or rather confessee and confesser commonly in private. |