confessant
English
Etymology
Noun
confessant (plural confessants)
- (obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “[Apophthegm 213]”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC, page 234:
- [T]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.
Catalan
Verb
confessant
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French
Participle
confessant