Word Meanings - CONFESSIONALIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. Boucher
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- CONFESSION
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam. 4. A formulary - PRIESTLIKE
Priestly. B. Jonson. - HEARTWOOD
The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. - HEART
A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle - HEARSECLOTH
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson. - CONFESSIONALISM
An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff. - HEARTBROKEN
Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved. - HEARTGRIEF
Heartache; sorrow. Milton. - HEARTEN
1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land. - HEARTDEEP
Rooted in the heart. Herbert. - PRIESTING
The office of a priest. Milton. - CONFESSIONIST
One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu. - HEARTENER
One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne. - HEAR
hora, D. hooren, OHG. h, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw: höra, Dan. hore, 1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list - HEARTSWELLING
Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser. - HEART-ROBBING
1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser. 2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning. - PRIESTESS
A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter. - HEART'S-EASE
A species of violet ; -- called also pansy. (more info) 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak. - HEARTYHALE
Good for the heart. - PRIEST-RIDDEN
Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift. - HOLLOW-HEARTED
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous. - WHITE-HEART
A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. - SWEETHEART
A lover of mistress. - THEARCHY
Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - SHEAR
To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4. (more info) shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear - PIGEON-HEARTED
Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl. - DISHEARTENMENT
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. - KIND-HEARTED
Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord. To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak. - SHEARS
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe. Rotary shears. See under Rotary. (more info) 1. A cutting instrument. Specifically: An instrument consisting - DOUBLEHEARTED
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.