单词 | auricular confession |
释义 | > as lemmasauricular confession c. esp. (in auricular confession): Addressed to the ear; told privately in the ear. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > auricular shrift of mouthc1175 ear-shrift1528 ear-confession1531 auricular confession?1542 ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xix. sig. E7v That auryculare confessyon, which is the preuy chamber of treason. 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 164 The Popish confession is auricular (as it is called), secret, in the eare of a Priest. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iv. 165 The practice of auricular confession brought with it an entire science of casuistry. < as lemmas |
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