Confiteor

enUK

Con·fi·te·or

C0562400 (kən-fē′tē-ər, -ôr′)n. A prayer in which confession of sins is made.
[Latin Cōnfiteor, I confess, the first word of the prayer, first person sing. present tense of confitērī, to acknowledge; see confess.]

Confiteor

(kənˈfɪtɪˌɔː) n (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a prayer consisting of a general confession of sinfulness and an entreaty for forgiveness[C13: from Latin: I confess; from the beginning of the Latin prayer of confession]

Con•fit•e•or

(kənˈfɪt iˌɔr)

n. a prayer in the form of a general confession said esp. at the beginning of the Roman Catholic mass. [1150–1200; Middle English; after first word of Latin prayer: I confess]