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Webster 1913 Edition
Confessary
Con-fess′a-ry
,Noun.
[LL.
confessarius
.] One who makes a confession.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confessary
CONFESS'ARY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
confessary
confessary
English
Noun
confessary (plural confessaries)
- (obsolete) One who makes a confession.
- Dr. Hickes, Dean of Worcester
- God hath left power to the Church, that is, to the Priests of the Church, to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in Him; and therefore directs the Confessary to absolve the confessing penitent of all his sins in the name, &c.
- Dr. Hickes, Dean of Worcester