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Earshrift :: Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

Confessary :: Confessary (n.) One who makes a confession.

Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

Peccavi :: Peccavi () I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Formula :: Formula (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

Father :: Father (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc..

Confessant :: Confessant (n.) One who confesses to a priest.

Confitent :: Confitent (n.) One who confesses his sins and faults.

Ghostly :: Ghostly (a.) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor..

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt..

Profess :: Profess (v. i.) To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution..

Auricular :: Auricular (a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest..

Recognition :: Recognition (n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice..

Admittedly :: Admittedly (adv.) Confessedly.

Confessionary :: Confessionary (a.) Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany..

Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

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