Definitions for confessor

confessor con·fes·sor

Spelling: [kuh n-fes-er]
IPA: /kənˈfɛs ər/

Confessor is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in confessor (cefnoorss).

Definitions for confessor

noun

  1. a person who confesses.
  2. a priest authorized to hear confessions.
  3. a person who confesses faith in and adheres to the Christian religion, especially in spite of persecution and torture but without suffering martyrdom.
  4. the Confessor, Edward the Confessor.

Origin of confessor

before 1000; Middle English, Old English (in pl: confessores) Late Latin; see confess, -tor

Examples for confessor

If such is the case, your confessor gives you permission to be seated.

A confessor was sent for, and he bequeathed his kingdom to his son Henry.

But for myself and the king's confessor, Philip would consent to thy ruin.

Meanwhile, the confessor had gained the palace of the Duke d' Uzeda.

About midnight he called to his wife, and told her to send quickly for his confessor.

My confessor, who had been dissatisfied with me before, came to see me.

“Pardon; but it is your words I have most interest in,” reminded her confessor.

I suppose a poor girl may receive her confessor in her chamber.

In doing this she felt a peculiar inclination for her confessor.

In his view, God and the church are a sort of concrete centred in the confessor.

Word Value for confessor
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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