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

Blushingly :: Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly..

Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist..

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

Confessionalism :: Confessionalism (n.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.

Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

Confessor :: Confessor (n.) A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

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..

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..

Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..

Submission :: Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.

Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

Confession :: Confession (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted..

Shriver :: Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.

Own :: Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love..

Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

Confessional :: Confessional (a.) Pertaining to a confession of faith.

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