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confessio

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See also: confessió

English

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Etymology

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From Latin cōnfessiō. Doublet of confession.

Noun

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confessio (plural confessiones)

  1. (law) A confession; a defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt.

Derived terms

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cōnfiteor (to confess, to acknowledge) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cōnfessiō f (genitive cōnfessiōnis); third declension

  1. a confession, acknowledgment
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) creed or avowal of one's faith
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) confession (disclosure of one's sins to a priest in order to receive absolution from God)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōnfessiō cōnfessiōnēs
genitive cōnfessiōnis cōnfessiōnum
dative cōnfessiōnī cōnfessiōnibus
accusative cōnfessiōnem cōnfessiōnēs
ablative cōnfessiōne cōnfessiōnibus
vocative cōnfessiō cōnfessiōnēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • confessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confessio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • confessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • confessio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • confessio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin