ALL meanings of confessor
con·fes·sor
C c - countable noun confessor A confessor is a priest who hears a person's confession. 3
- countable noun confessor If you describe someone as your confessor, you mean that they are the person you can talk to about your secrets or problems. 3
- noun confessor a priest who hears confessions and sometimes acts as a spiritual counsellor 3
- noun confessor a person who bears witness to his Christian religious faith by the holiness of his life, esp in resisting threats or danger, but does not suffer martyrdom 3
- noun confessor a person who makes a confession 3
- noun confessor a person who confesses 3
- noun confessor a Christian who suffered for his or her faith 3
- noun confessor a male saint who was not a martyr 3
- noun confessor a priest authorized to hear confessions 3
- noun confessor A priest who hears confessions and gives absolution and spiritual counsel. 1
- noun confessor a person who confesses. 1
- noun confessor a priest authorized to hear confessions. 1
- noun confessor a person who confesses faith in and adheres to the Christian religion, especially in spite of persecution and torture but without suffering martyrdom. 1
- noun confessor the Confessor, Edward the Confessor. 1
- noun confessor priest who takes confessions 1
- noun confessor person who confesses 1
- noun confessor One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred. 0
- noun confessor One who confesses to having done something wrong. 0
- noun confessor (Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution. 0