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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Confessionary :: Confessionary (n.) A confessional.

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