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CONFERRER n. 2 definitions

One who confers; one who converses. Johnson.

CONFERRUMINATE; CONFERRUMINATED a.

Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.

CONFERVACEOUS a.

Belonging to the confervae.

Like, or related to, the confervae. Loudon.

Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae. Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes.

CONFESS v. 8 definitions

ning to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. Milton. I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. Addison.

One who confesses to a priest. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who makes a confession. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

CONFESSEDLY adv.

By confession; without denial. [Written also confessly.]

One who makes a confession.

CONFESSION n. 5 definitions

ligation, or crime. With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. Shak.

CONFESSIONAL n. 2 definitions

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.

CONFESSIONALISM n.

An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.

CONFESSIONALIST n.

A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. [R.] Boucher

CONFESSIONARY n. 2 definitions

A confessional. [Obs.] Johnson.

CONFESSIONIST n.

One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu.

CONFESSOR n. 2 definitions

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. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed…

CONFESSORSHIP n.

The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith. Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman.

See Cofessedly.