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1 shrive (To confess one's sins to a priest)
Религия: исповедоватьсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > shrive (To confess one's sins to a priest)
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2 confess (To make known one's sins to a priest for absolution)
Религия: исповедоватьсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > confess (To make known one's sins to a priest for absolution)
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3 confess
[kən'fes]1) Общая лексика: исповедаться, исповедовать, признавать, признаваться, признаться, сознаваться, сознаться2) Разговорное выражение: колоться (признаваться)3) Религия: признать, (To acknowledge belief or faith in something) исповедовать, (To hear the confession of someone) выслушивать исповедь (кого-л.), (To make known one's sins to a priest for absolution) исповедоваться4) Юридический термин: сознавать, давать признательные показания5) юр.Н.П. признавать себя виновным, признать себя виновным6) Христианство: исповедоваться -
4 shrive
[ʃraɪv]1) Общая лексика: исповедать, исповедаться, исповедоваться, налагать епитимью2) Устаревшее слово: исповедовать, отпускать грехи, отпустить грехи3) Религия: наложить епитимью, принимать исповедь, прощать, (To administer the sacrament of reconciliation) исповедовать, (To confess one's sins to a priest) исповедоваться4) Христианство: каяться
См. также в других словарях:
Confess — Con*fess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confessing}.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d {Ban}, {Fame}.] 1. To make acknowledgment or avowal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confess — v. 1 a tr. (also absol.) acknowledge or admit (a fault, wrongdoing, etc.). b intr. (foll. by to) admit to (confessed to having lied). 2 tr. admit reluctantly (confessed it would be difficult). 3 a tr. (also absol.) declare (one s sins) to a… … Useful english dictionary
confess — I. v. a. 1. Acknowledge (as a crime or fault), own, avow, admit. 2. Admit, grant, concede, recognize. 3. (Poetical.) Attest, prove, show, exhibit, manifest, be proof of. 4. Receive or hear one s confession (as a priest), shrive. II … New dictionary of synonyms
confess — con·fess || kÉ™n fes v. admit (guilt, etc.); declare faith in; tell one s sins to a priest … English contemporary dictionary
confess — [kən fes′] vt. [ME confessen < OFr confesser < ML(Ec) * confessare < L confessus, pp. of confiteri, to acknowledge, confess < com , together + fateri, to acknowledge; akin to fari, to speak: see FAME] 1. a) to admit (a fault or crime) … English World dictionary
confess — ► VERB 1) admit to a crime or wrongdoing. 2) acknowledge reluctantly. 3) declare one s sins formally to a priest. 4) (of a priest) hear the confession of. ORIGIN Old French confesser, from Latin confiteri acknowledge … English terms dictionary
confess — /kənˈfɛs / (say kuhn fes) verb (t) 1. to acknowledge or avow: to confess a secret; to confess a fault; to confess a crime; to confess a debt. 2. to admit the truth or validity of; own: I must confess that I haven t read it. 3. to acknowledge one… …
confess — confessable, adj. confessingly, adv. /keuhn fes /, v.t. 1. to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation. 2. to own or admit as true: I must confess that I haven t read the book. 3. to declare or… … Universalium
confess — con•fess [[t]kənˈfɛs[/t]] v. i. 1) to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, or weakness) by way of revelation 2) to own or admit as true; concede: I must confess that I haven t read it[/ex] 3) rel to declare or acknowledge (one s sins),… … From formal English to slang
confess — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French confesser, from confés having confessed, from Latin confessus, past participle of confitēri to confess, from com + fatēri to confess; akin to Latin fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th century… … New Collegiate Dictionary
confess — verb 1》 (often confess to/that) admit to a crime or wrongdoing. ↘acknowledge reluctantly: I must confess that I was surprised. 2》 declare one s sins formally to a priest. ↘(of a priest) hear the confession of. Origin ME: from OFr.… … English new terms dictionary