confessor

FREQ #19039

n. 供认者, 忏悔者, 忏悔神父, 在遭迫害时声明坚守信仰的教徒

发音

UK /kənˈfɛsə/
其它
UK /ˈkɒnfɛsə/
UK /ˈkɒnfɛsɔː/
US /kənˈfɛsɚ/

词形变化

confessors 复数 confessors

别名

confesser confessour

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.

    宣信者

    Long before Edward I, the English had a King Edward who they considered a martyr and a King Edward who they considered a confessor.

  2. 2.

    One who confesses to having done something wrong.

    Near-synonym: confessant

  3. 3.

    A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

    宗教
  4. 4.

    Someone who acts as listener and helper.

    比喻 引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

priest communicator

相关短语

father confessor

词源

From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.

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