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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξομολόγησις (exomológēsis, “confession”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛksə(ʊ)mə(ʊ)ˈləʊdʒəsɪs/
Noun
exomologesis (uncountable)
- (religion) The rite of confession and repentance.
1959, Tertullian, “...”, in William P. Le Saint, editor, Treatises on Penance: On Penitence and On Purity, Issue 28, →ISBN, page 36:Will the sinner knowingly spurn exomologesis, which has been instituted by God for his restoration? that exomologesis which restored the king of Babylon to his royal throne?