Confession to a priest; auricular confession; also, the sacrament of penance.
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| 释义 | society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] (50) shriftc1175 Confession to a priest; auricular confession; also, the sacrament of penance. wil-shrift?c1225 voluntary confession. shrivinga1250 The action of shrive, v., shrift: (a) confession; (b) the hearing of confessions. confession1377 spec. The confessing of sins to a priest, as a religious duty; more fully, sacramentalor auricular confession. fassionc1440 shriftnessc1460 Confession. manifestation1657 Christian Church. The action of making known to another the state of one's conscience. rare. confessional1816 Taken typically for the practice of confession, with its concomitants. Subcategories:— instance of (2) — auricular (4) — full or public (1) — person advocating (1) — person undergoing (31) — seal of (1) — making of (1) — hearing of (1) |
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