confessoressn.
/kənˈfɛsərᵻs/, /kənˌfɛsəˈrɛs/, U.S. /kənˈfɛsərəs/ A female who hears or receives confessions.
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1830 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 52 The daughters may sit as confessoresses.
1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston II. 69 Come, be my mother-confessoress. I am in great doubt and perplexity.
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