单词 | confessary |
释义 | † confessaryn. Obsolete. 1. A casuist who deals with confession. ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iv. §1 The Confessaries of these times. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions 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. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > confessor > [noun] shriftc897 fatherOE shrift-father?c1225 penancerc1300 confessor1340 shriver1340 penitencera1387 penitentiary?a1475 pentionary1560 confessary1629 confessarius1661 scruple-drawer1701 soul friend1891 1629 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Ashwednesday 59 To resist it, as partiall Magistrates; to reueale it, as trecherous confessaries. 3. One who makes a confession; a confessant. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing penantc1330 repentantc1390 penitenta1425 penancera1500 repenter1543 penitentiary1563 shrift child1568 penitentionary1577 contritea1600 penitencerc1600 confessanta1603 shriveling1603 confitent1606 confessary1608 penitentiala1633 confessionaire1747 mourner1807 1608 Bp. T. Morton Preamble Incounter 10 Euery penitent Confessarie must receiue absolution. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1608 |
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