Webster's Dictionary 1913

6616

Confessedly

Con‐fess″ed‐ly (?), adv. By confession; without denial. [Written also confessly.]

6617

Confesser

Con‐fess″er (?), n. One who makes a confession.

6618

Confession

Con‐fes″sion (?), n. [F. confession, L. confessio.] 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.Wit...

6619

Confessional

Con‐fes″sion‐al (?), n. [F. confessional.] The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the pr...

6620

Confessional (2)

Con‐fes″sion‐al, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith.Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.

6621

Confessionalism

Con‐fes″sion‐al‐ism (?), n.(Eccl.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.

6622

Confessionalist

Con‐fes″sion‐al‐ist, n. A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. Boucher

6623

Confessionary

Con‐fes″sion‐a‐ry (?), n. [LL. confessionarium.] A confessional. Johnson.

6624

Confessionary (2)

Con‐fes″sion‐a‐ry, a. Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.

6625

Confessionist

Con‐fes″sion‐ist, n. [Cf. F. confessioniste.] One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu.

6626

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 suf...

6627

Confessorship

Con‐fess″or‐ship, n. The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.Our duty to contend even to confessorship.J. H. Newman.

6628

Confestly

Con‐fest″ly (?), adv. See Cofessedly.

6629

Confetti

‖Con‐fet″ti (?), n. pl.; sing. -fetto (�). [It. Cf. Comfit.] Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by c...

6630

Confidant

{ Con′fi‐dant″ (?); 277), n. masc., Con′fi‐dante″ (?; 277), n. fem. } [F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident.] One ...

6631

Confide

Con‐fide″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Confided; p. pr. & vb. n.Confiding.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.] To put faith (in); to repose confiden...

6632

Confide (2)

Con‐fide″, v. t. To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; — followed by to.Congress may... confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the Unit...

6633

Confidence

Con″fi‐dence (?), n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; — forme...

6634

Confident

Con″fi‐dent, n. See Confidant. South. Dryden.

6635

Confidential

Con′fi‐den″tial (?), a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.2. Communicated in confiden...

6636

Confidentially

Con′fi‐den″tial‐ly (?), adv. In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.

6637

Confidently

Con″fi‐dent‐ly (?), adv. With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

6638

Confidentness

Con″fi‐dent‐ness, n. The quality of being confident.

6639

Confider

Con‐fid″er (?), n. One who confides.

6640

Confiding

Con‐fid″ing, a. That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. — Con‐fid″ing‐ly, adv. — Con‐fid″ing‐ness, n.

6641

Configurate

Con‐fig″ur‐ate (?), v. i. [L. configuratus, p. p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure.] To take form or position, as the parts of a...

6642

Configuration

Con‐fig′u‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. configuratio.] 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.It is the variety of configurations... whic...