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confiteor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: kən-fĭʹ-tē-ôr
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈfɪtiɔː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒn-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-fiː-/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God...” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of confiteor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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History

Etymology

From Latin cōnfiteor (“to confess”), the first word of the prayer and used as its title in Ecclesiastical Latin. Doublet of confess.