con|fes|sor «kuhn FEHS uhr», noun.
1. a person who confesses.
2. a) a priest who has the authority to hear confessions and to grant absolution. b) a priest acting as the private spiritual director of a king or other great personage.
3. a person who acknowledges religious belief and adheres to it despite persecution and torture.
4. a person whose life exemplifies sanctity and Christian ideals: »
Edward the Confessor.
–con|fes´sor|ship, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.