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‖ exomologesis|ɛkˌsəmɒləˈgiːsɪs|
Also 6 exh-.
[Gr. ἐξοµολόγησις f. ἐξοµολογέειν, f. ἐξ intensive + ὁµολογέειν to confess: see homologate.]
A full confession, a public confession.
1592tr. Bullinger's Decades 575 Exhomologesis is the discipline of prostrating and humbling men in habite, in liuing, to lie in sacke and ashes. 1655Jer. Taylor Unum Necess. ix. §4. 613 All publick criminals were tied to a publick Exomologesis or Repentance in the Church. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 276 Doctor Cressy may be thought to owe a penance for his Exomologesis. 1868Q. Rev. Jan. 59 Auricular confession put in place of the old exomologesis. |