Word Meanings - CONFESSIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu.

Related words: (words related to CONFESSIONIST)

• PROFESSORY
  Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
• PROFESSORIALISM
  The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
• PROFESSORIAT
  See PROFESSORIATE
• FAITHLESS
  1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true
• PROFESSEDLY
  By profession.
• PROFESSOR
  1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors
• PROFESS
  or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, 1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. "Hear me profess sincerely." Shak.
• PROFESSORSHIP
  The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.
• CERTAINTY
  Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
• PROFESSIONALISM
  The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
• FAITHED
  Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. "Make thy words faithed." Shak.
• CERTAINNESS
  Certainty.
• FAITH
  fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly
• PROFESSED
  Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. The professed , a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit.
• PROFESSION
  The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order. (more info) 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. A solemn vow, promise, and
• FAITHFUL
  1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson. 2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. The faithful God,
• PROFESSIONAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional
• CERTAINLY
  Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
• PROFESSORIATE
  1. The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college. 2. A professorship.
• CERTAIN
  certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. concern, critic, crime, 1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. I
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• UNFAITH
  Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. Tennyson.
• DISPROFESS
  To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• UNFAITHFUL
  1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant. My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope. His
• BEAUMONTAGUE
  A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.
• NONPROFESSIONAL
  Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
• UNCERTAINLY
  In an uncertain manner.