| 单词 | sacramental or auricular confession |
| 释义 | > as lemmassacramental or auricular confession b. spec. The confessing of sins to a priest, as a religious duty; more fully, sacramental or auricular confession. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] shriftc1175 wil-shrift?c1225 shrivinga1250 confession1377 fassionc1440 shriftnessc1460 manifestation1657 confessional1816 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 176 How contricioun with-oute confessioun conforteth þe soule. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 468 Þei coueten confessions to kachen some hire, And sepultures also some wayten to cacchen. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2084 If that yhow at confessioune hath ben, And makith the of al thi synnis clen. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxiiii Requiryng suche as shalbe satisfied with a generall confession, not to be offended with them that doe vse..the auriculer and secret confession to the Priest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. ii. 39 Besides she did intend Confession At Patricks Cell this euen. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 49. 314 I..have not for some months been at Confession. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. ii. 50 A lovely lass to a friar came, To confession a-morning early. 1865 Union Rev. 3 614 Confession, again, as it is ordinarily administered among us, is another stumbling-block. < as lemmas |
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