confessantn.
/kənˈfɛsənt/ One who confesses or makes a confession, esp. as a religious duty.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing
penantc1330
repentantc1390
penitenta1425
penancera1500
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penitentiary1563
shrift child1568
penitentionary1577
contritea1600
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mourner1807
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > self-revelation > confession > one who makes confession
confessor1594
confessionalist1827
Confessionist1858
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a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 248 Why is it not enough in the Confessant, for his confession to say onely, I confesse all my sins?
1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes 477 The confessant kneels down before the priest.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. iii. 59 All these charms were fabrications of the monks, who had sold them to their infatuated confessants.
1880 19th Cent. 7 120 The confessant's signature was awanting.
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