Etymology

confiteor

con·fi·te·or
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Today it means: A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made. Full definition →

Latin cōnfiteor
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  1. Latin · derived fromcōnfiteor“to confess”
  2. English todayconfiteor

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

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