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Confessedly :: Confessedly (adv.) By confession; without denial.

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

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

Pray :: Pray (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving..

Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

Shriving :: Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession.

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

Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..

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..

Confiteor :: Confiteor (n.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Render :: Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

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

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

Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..

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

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

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

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