confessary

English

Etymology

Latin confessarius.

Noun

confessary (plural confessaries)

  1. (obsolete) One who makes a confession.
    • Dr. Hickes, Dean of Worcester
      God hath left power to the Church, that is, to the Priests of the Church, to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in Him; and therefore directs the Confessary to absolve the confessing penitent of all his sins in the name, &c.
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