confiteor

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UK/kənˈfɪtiɔː/UK/kɒn-/UK/-fiː-/

noun

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

OriginLatin cōnfiteor →
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Meanings

confiteor1

nounconfiteor (plural confiteors)

plural confiteors

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

    “Pugh!” she said. “You are disgusting! Go into the chapel now and say a confiteor each for your sin.”

    1967, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 240, page 80

Confiteor2

nounConfiteor (plural Confiteors)

plural Confiteors

  1. Alternative letter-case form of confiteor.

Origin

  1. Latincōnfiteor“to confess”
  2. Englishconfiteor

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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APA

confiteor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confiteor

MLA

“confiteor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confiteor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confiteor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confiteor.

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