Part 2263

<h1>Confessional</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fes"sion*al</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a confession of faith.</def>

<cs><col>Confessional equality</col>, <cd>equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.</cd></cs>

<h1>Confessionalism</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fes"sion*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.</def>

<i>Shaff.</i>

<h1>Confessionalist</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fes"sion*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Boucher</i>

<h1>Confessionary</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fes"sion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>confessionarium</ets>.]</ety> <def>A confessional.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Confessionary</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fes"sion*a*ry</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to auricular confession; <as>as, a <ex>confessionary</ex> litany</as>.</def>

<h1>Confessionist</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fes"sion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>confessioniste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One professing a certain faith.</def>

<i>Bp. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Confessor</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fess"or</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>confessor</ets>, F. <ets>confesseur</ets>, fr. L. & LL. <ets>confessor</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a <b>confessor</b>. <i>Latham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and <b>confessors</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.</def>

<h1>Confessorship</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fess"or*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.</def>

<blockquote>Our duty to contend even to <b>confessorship</b>. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confestly</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fest"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>See <er>Cofessedly</er>.</def>

<h1>Confidant; 277, n. masc., Confidante</h1> <Xpage=300>