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English
Etymology
French confessant.
Noun
confessant (plural confessants)
- (obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
- Synonym: penitent
1625, Francis [Bacon], “”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. , London: Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, , →OCLC, page 234:he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.
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Verb
confessant
- gerund of confessar
French
Participle
confessant
- present participle of confesser
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