confessionairen.
/kənfɛʃəˈnɛː/ One who has been confessed by the priest.
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1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxi. 133 Like an absolved confessionaire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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