confessor

Etymology
From, , from , and its source, , from.

Noun

 * 1) One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
 * 2) One who confesses to having done something wrong.
 * 3)  A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution
 * 1)  A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 自白者, 懺悔者
 * Greek:
 * Irish: admhálaí
 * Japanese: 告白者, 自白する人
 * Old English: andetta
 * Persian:
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 宣信者
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bekender
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: dearbhóir, coinfeasóir
 * Japanese: 表信者
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Belarusian: спавяда́льнік, спаве́днік
 * Bulgarian: изпове́дник
 * Czech: zpovědník
 * Danish: skriftefader
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: rippi-isä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: gyóntatópap
 * Icelandic: játari
 * Irish: athair faoistine, oide faoistine
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: исповедник
 * Old English: sċrift
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: spovedník
 * Spanish: confesante
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: спові́дник
 * Welsh: periglor

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  confessor of the faith
 * 2)  priest who hears confessions

Noun

 * 1) confessor of the Christian faith
 * 2) martyr

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   one who confesses faith in a religion, especially Christianity
 * 2)   priest who hears confession