confessorn.

Brit.

/kənˈfɛsə/, U.S.

/kənˈfɛsər/,

/kənˈfɛˌsɔr/

Forms: Old English–1800s confessor, Middle English confessur, Middle English–1600s confessour, Middle English–1500s confessoure, 1500s confessore.

Etymology: < Latin confessor, and its French representing confessor , -ur , Anglo-Norman -our (modern French -eur ), agent-noun < Latin confitērī to confess v. (In sense 2, Old French had also confes < Latin confessus one who has confessed.) The historical pronunciation, < Anglo-Norman and Middle English confeˈssour , is ˈconfessor , which is found in all the poets, and is recognized by the dictionaries generally, down to Smart, 1836–49, who has ˈconfessor in senses 2, 3, conˈfesser in sense 1b; for these, Craig 1847 has ˈconfessor and conˈfessor; but conˈfessor is now generally said for both.

1. gen. One who makes confession or public acknowledgement or avowal of anything.

a. of religious belief, of Christ, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > acknowledgement or profession of > one who makes

confessora1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20867 Petre was..Of godd sun first confessur.

c1540 Pilgr. T. 372 Of Iesu Christ many a confessore.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 32 They scourg'd the confessors of the Gospell.

1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 93 I can scarce think the Devil has any such stout Confessors, but will then betray his cause.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 33 Its greatest Confessors and Assertors.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. xxviii. 235 A good man, and ancient professor and confessor of religion.

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 62 And the Saints, through toil and shame Brave Confessors of Thy Name.

b. of a crime, sin, or offence charged. (In this sense written by Smart and others confesser n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > self-revelation > confession > one who makes confession

confessor1594

confessionalist1827

Confessionist1858

confessant1880

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C3^v They vowed either to make him a confessor or a martir in a trice.

1693 C. Mather Wonders Invisible World 15 A thousand preternatural Things..wherein the Confessors do acknowledge their Concernment.

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. cxxxi. (note) I have translated Confesseur, Confessarius, for so our English Roman Catholics call their Father Confessor..A Confessor seems to mean the Person confessing not the Person confess'd to.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Confessor..he who confesses his crimes. Dict.

1791 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. Confessor..this word can now have the accent on the second syllable, only when it means One who confesses his crimes; a sense in which it is scarcely ever used.

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Conféssor, one who confesses his crimes.

a. technical. One who avows his religion in the face of danger, and adheres to it under persecution and torture, but does not suffer martyrdom; spec. one who has been recognized by the church in this character. (The earliest sense in English.)

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > martyrdom > confession > [noun] > one who confesses

confessora1175

c1000 Ælfric Past. Ep. in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 370 Þa mæran andetteras þe we hatað confessores.]

a1175 Cott. Hom. 239 Mid martiren, mid hali confessoren, mid halie meiden.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 185 Apostles and martirs and confessors.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 261 Þe cunfessurs hird þe liueden igod lif, ant haliche deiden.

c1305 Edmund Conf. in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 71 Seint Edmund þe confessour þat liþ at Ponteneye.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 379 Alle the seyntes of that cuntre [Ireland] be confessores, and noo martir.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxi^v Martyrs, confessours & virgyns.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xi. 296 Their upper parts were but Confessours, when their lower parts were Martyrs, and burnt to ashes.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ii. 33 Gods power to keep the fire from burning the three Confessors.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxiii. 238 Miles Coverdale..a confessor and an exile.

1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution 84 He is no more a Confessor in my esteem, than Laud is a Martyr.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 218 The English church has..the seal of martyrs and confessors.

1880 E. Hatch Bampton Lect. ii. 42 In times of persecution the confessors in prison had to be fed.

1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) St. Martin was the first..of the Confessors whom the Church honoured with an office.

b. the Confessor: = King Edward the Confessor, canonized in 1161.

ΚΠ

c1125 William of Malmesbury De Gestis Regum Angl. ii. §196 (heading) De Sancto Eadwardo Tertio, Rege et Confessore.

c1245 Estoire de St. Aedw. le Rei 4486 (Rolls) 151 Li seint Cumfessur, Aedward li rois.]

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 98 Good Edward, from the rest Of that renowned name by Confessor expressed.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 144 I confesse I understand not how the name Confessour is proper to King Edward.

1821 W. Wordsworth Norman Conquest in Eccl. Sonn. i. xxxi. The woman-hearted Confessor prepares The evanescence of the Saxon line.

1878 E. Thompson Hist. Eng. vii. §3.

1889 W. Hunt in Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 13/2 At the coronation of Henry III, in 1236, the Confessor's sword was carried before the king by the Earl of Chester.

3. One who hears confessions: a priest who hears confession of sin, prescribes penance, and grants absolution; the private spiritual director of a king or other great personage. Often pronounced /ˈkɒnfɛsɔː(r)/ in the Roman Catholic Church. [In medieval Latin better confessarius; but confessor in this sense is quoted by Du Cange from Walafrid Strabo (ob. 849).]

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

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 172 He ssel zeche zuych ane confessour þet conne bynde and onbynde.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6860 Have me unto his confessour.

1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 457 Seynte Dunstan his confessour [ Trevisa schriftfader].

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Confessour a goostly father, confesseur.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 49 Being a Diuine, a ghostly Confessor, A sinne absoluer, and my frend profest.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 Were I thy Confessor, who am thy Martyr, Dost think that I'de allow thee any Quarter?

1737 Hist. Reg. Jan. 58 Mr. Higget, appointed Confessor to his Majesty, in the Room of the late Dr. Sharp.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 191 With pious haste hurried the confessors To shrive them.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xlix. 27 For half his days were pass'd at church, the other Between his tutors, confessor, and mother.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 171 From the confessor's closet they pulled the wires which moved courts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	confessor
释义	confessorn. Brit. /kənˈfɛsə/, U.S. /kənˈfɛsər/, /kənˈfɛˌsɔr/ Forms: Old English–1800s confessor, Middle English confessur, Middle English–1600s confessour, Middle English–1500s confessoure, 1500s confessore. Etymology: < Latin confessor, and its French representing confessor , -ur , Anglo-Norman -our (modern French -eur ), agent-noun < Latin confitērī to confess v. (In sense 2, Old French had also confes < Latin confessus one who has confessed.) The historical pronunciation, < Anglo-Norman and Middle English confeˈssour , is ˈconfessor , which is found in all the poets, and is recognized by the dictionaries generally, down to Smart, 1836–49, who has ˈconfessor in senses 2, 3, conˈfesser in sense 1b; for these, Craig 1847 has ˈconfessor and conˈfessor; but conˈfessor is now generally said for both. 1. gen. One who makes confession or public acknowledgement or avowal of anything. a. of religious belief, of Christ, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > acknowledgement or profession of > one who makes confessora1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20867 Petre was..Of godd sun first confessur. c1540 Pilgr. T. 372 Of Iesu Christ many a confessore. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 32 They scourg'd the confessors of the Gospell. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 93 I can scarce think the Devil has any such stout Confessors, but will then betray his cause. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 33 Its greatest Confessors and Assertors. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. xxviii. 235 A good man, and ancient professor and confessor of religion. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 62 And the Saints, through toil and shame Brave Confessors of Thy Name. b. of a crime, sin, or offence charged. (In this sense written by Smart and others confesser n.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > self-revelation > confession > one who makes confession confessor1594 confessionalist1827 Confessionist1858 confessant1880 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C3^v They vowed either to make him a confessor or a martir in a trice. 1693 C. Mather Wonders Invisible World 15 A thousand preternatural Things..wherein the Confessors do acknowledge their Concernment. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. cxxxi. (note) I have translated Confesseur, Confessarius, for so our English Roman Catholics call their Father Confessor..A Confessor seems to mean the Person confessing not the Person confess'd to. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Confessor..he who confesses his crimes. Dict. 1791 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. Confessor..this word can now have the accent on the second syllable, only when it means One who confesses his crimes; a sense in which it is scarcely ever used. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Conféssor, one who confesses his crimes. 2. a. technical. One who avows his religion in the face of danger, and adheres to it under persecution and torture, but does not suffer martyrdom; spec. one who has been recognized by the church in this character. (The earliest sense in English.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > martyrdom > confession > [noun] > one who confesses confessora1175 c1000 Ælfric Past. Ep. in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 370 Þa mæran andetteras þe we hatað confessores.] a1175 Cott. Hom. 239 Mid martiren, mid hali confessoren, mid halie meiden. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 185 Apostles and martirs and confessors. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 261 Þe cunfessurs hird þe liueden igod lif, ant haliche deiden. c1305 Edmund Conf. in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 71 Seint Edmund þe confessour þat liþ at Ponteneye. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 379 Alle the seyntes of that cuntre [Ireland] be confessores, and noo martir. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxi^v Martyrs, confessours & virgyns. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xi. 296 Their upper parts were but Confessours, when their lower parts were Martyrs, and burnt to ashes. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ii. 33 Gods power to keep the fire from burning the three Confessors. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxiii. 238 Miles Coverdale..a confessor and an exile. 1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution 84 He is no more a Confessor in my esteem, than Laud is a Martyr. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 218 The English church has..the seal of martyrs and confessors. 1880 E. Hatch Bampton Lect. ii. 42 In times of persecution the confessors in prison had to be fed. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) St. Martin was the first..of the Confessors whom the Church honoured with an office. b. the Confessor: = King Edward the Confessor, canonized in 1161. ΚΠ c1125 William of Malmesbury De Gestis Regum Angl. ii. §196 (heading) De Sancto Eadwardo Tertio, Rege et Confessore. c1245 Estoire de St. Aedw. le Rei 4486 (Rolls) 151 Li seint Cumfessur, Aedward li rois.] 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 98 Good Edward, from the rest Of that renowned name by Confessor expressed. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 144 I confesse I understand not how the name Confessour is proper to King Edward. 1821 W. Wordsworth Norman Conquest in Eccl. Sonn. i. xxxi. The woman-hearted Confessor prepares The evanescence of the Saxon line. 1878 E. Thompson Hist. Eng. vii. §3. 1889 W. Hunt in Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 13/2 At the coronation of Henry III, in 1236, the Confessor's sword was carried before the king by the Earl of Chester. 3. One who hears confessions: a priest who hears confession of sin, prescribes penance, and grants absolution; the private spiritual director of a king or other great personage. Often pronounced /ˈkɒnfɛsɔː(r)/ in the Roman Catholic Church. [In medieval Latin better confessarius; but confessor in this sense is quoted by Du Cange from Walafrid Strabo (ob. 849).] 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 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 172 He ssel zeche zuych ane confessour þet conne bynde and onbynde. c1400 Rom. Rose 6860 Have me unto his confessour. 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 457 Seynte Dunstan his confessour [ Trevisa schriftfader]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Confessour a goostly father, confesseur. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 49 Being a Diuine, a ghostly Confessor, A sinne absoluer, and my frend profest. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 Were I thy Confessor, who am thy Martyr, Dost think that I'de allow thee any Quarter? 1737 Hist. Reg. Jan. 58 Mr. Higget, appointed Confessor to his Majesty, in the Room of the late Dr. Sharp. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 191 With pious haste hurried the confessors To shrive them. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xlix. 27 For half his days were pass'd at church, the other Between his tutors, confessor, and mother. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 171 From the confessor's closet they pulled the wires which moved courts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1175
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