confessor
n . 自白者;忏悔者;笃信者
自白者;忏悔者;笃信者
confessor n 1 :
a priest who hears confession and gives absolution 2 :
someone who confesses (
discloses information damaging to themselves )
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1 .
One who confesses ;
one who acknowledges a fault ,
or the truth of a charge ,
at the risk of suffering ;
specifically ,
one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith .
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1913 Webster ]
He who dies for religion is a martyr ;
he who suffers for it is a confessor . --
Latham .
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1913 Webster ]
Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors . --
Bacon .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution .
[
1913 Webster ]
CONFESSOR ,
evid .
A priest of some Christian sect ,
who receives an account of the sins of his people ,
and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins .
2 .
The general rule on the subject of giving evidence of confidential communications is ,
that the privilege is confined to counsel ,
solicitors ,
and attorneys ,
and the interpreter between the counsel and the client .
Vide Confidential Communications .
Contrary to this general rule ,
it has been decided in New York ,
that a priest of the Roman Catholic denomination could not be compelled to divulge secrets which he had received in auricular confession .
2 City Hall Rec .
80 ,
n .;
Joy on Conf .
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4 ,
p .
49 .
See Bouv .
Inst .
n .
3174 and note .
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