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‖ confiteor|kənˈfɪtiːɔː(r)|
[L. confiteor I confess, initial word of the formula.]
A form of prayer, or confession of sins (Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti, I confess to Almighty God, etc.) used in the Latin Church at the beginning of the mass, in the sacrament of penance, and on other occasions.
a1225Ancr. R. 16 Biuore þe confiteor hwon ȝe schulen beon ihuseled. a1300Cursor M. 28582 (Cott.) Thoru þe confiteor þat es wont to be said at þe messe. a1467Gregory Chron. an. 1429 (Camd.) 167 Thenne he..layde hym downe prostrate, sayng there hys Confyteor, and alle the prelatys sayde Misereator. 1590R. Armin in C. S. Right Relig. A iiij b, The papist may well knocke himselfe on the brest, saying a Confiteor. 1820Scott Monast. xviii, Conditionally that you, brethren, say the Confiteor at curfew time. 1885Arnold Cath. Dict. 210 The present form of the Confiteor came into general use during the thirteenth century. |