| Confession |
n. |
Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. |
| Confession |
n. |
Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. |
| Confession |
n. |
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. |
| Confession |
n. |
A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith. |
| 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. |
| Confessional |
n. |
The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others. |
| Confessional |
a. |
Pertaining to a confession of faith. |
| Confessionalism |
n. |
An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. |
| Confessionalist |
n. |
A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. |
| Confessionary |
n. |
A confessional. |
| Confessionary |
a. |
Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany. |
| Confessionist |
n. |
One professing a certain faith. |
