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confessor
1. Christianity Chiefly RC Church a priest who hears confessions and sometimes acts as a spiritual counsellor
2. History a person who bears witness to his Christian religious faith by the holiness of his life, esp in resisting threats or danger, but does not suffer martyrdom


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For the first of these, secrecy; it is indeed the virtue of a confessor.
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Nor did the Danish power last long, for in 1042 we had in Edward the Confessor an English king once more.
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