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confessor n. 自白者;懺悔者;篤信者 自白者;懺悔者;篤信者 confessor n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution 2: someone who confesses ( discloses information damaging to themselves) Confessor \ Con* fess" or\ (?; 277), n. [ OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.] 1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. [ 1913 Webster] He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. -- Latham. [ 1913 Webster] Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. [ 1913 Webster] CONFESSOR, evid. A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins. 2. The general rule on the subject of giving evidence of confidential communications is, that the privilege is confined to counsel, solicitors, and attorneys, and the interpreter between the counsel and the client. Vide Confidential Communications. Contrary to this general rule, it has been decided in New York, that a priest of the Roman Catholic denomination could not be compelled to divulge secrets which he had received in auricular confession. 2 City Hall Rec. 80, n.; Joy on Conf. Sec. 4, p. 49. See Bouv. Inst. n. 3174 and note.
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