deathbed confession

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• Deathbed confession — A deathbed confession is a confession of some sort when someone is assumed to be close to death. Sometimes, it takes place on their deathbed, the bed in which a person dies or lies in during the last few hours before death, hence the phrase.… …   Wikipedia

• CONFESSION OF SINS — (Heb. וִדּוּי, viddui). Biblical Literature In the Bible, the confession of sin committed either individually or collectively is an essential prerequisite for expiation and atonement. Such confession is often followed by divine pardon. Thus the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Confession in Judaism — Repentance in Judaism Teshuva Return Repentance, atonement and higher ascent in Judaism   …   Wikipedia

• Deathbed — A deathbed is a place where a person dies or lies in during the last few hours before death. Deathbed may also refer to: Deathbed conversion, a religious faith conversion Deathbed confession, a confession of some sort when someone is assumed to… …   Wikipedia

• deathbed — death|bed [ˈdeθbed] n [C usually singular] the bed on which someone dies or is dying on your deathbed ▪ On her deathbed, Miriam s mother reveals that she never knew her father. deathbed confession/conversion etc (=made when you are dying) ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• deathbed — noun 1 on your deathbed just before you die 2 deathbed confession/conversion/reconciliation something that you admit or do just before you die: a deathbed conversion to Catholicism 3 be on your deathbed a) to be close to death b) humorous to be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• deathbed — /deth bed /, n. 1. the bed on which a person dies: The museum contains Lincoln s deathbed. 2. on one s deathbed, in the last few hours before death. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, said, or done during the last few hours of a person s life: a deathbed …   Universalium

• deathbed — death|bed1 [ deθ,bed ] noun singular a bed in which someone dies or is about to die on your deathbed OFTEN HUMOROUS going to die very soon deathbed death|bed 2 [ deθ,bed ] adjective only before noun done when you are about to die: a deathbed… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• deathbed — [[t]de̱θbed[/t]] deathbeds N COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss, oft on N If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die. He promised his mother on her deathbed that he would never marry. ...after the man who murdered him nearly… …   English dictionary

• deathbed — I UK [ˈdeθˌbed] / US noun [singular] a bed in which someone dies or is about to die • on your deathbed II UK [ˈdeθˌbed] / US adjective [only before noun] done when you are about to die a deathbed confession …   English dictionary

• deathbed — death•bed [[t]ˈdɛθˌbɛd[/t]] n. 1) the bed on which a person dies 2) pertaining to or occurring in the last few hours of a person s life: a deathbed confession[/ex] • on one s deathbed Etymology: 1350–1400 …   From formal English to slang