confessio

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cōnfessiō. Doublet of confession. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɛsi.əʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfɛsi.oʊ/ Rhymes: -ɛsiəʊ === Noun === confessio (plural confessiones) (law) A confession; a defense of one's faith, or a confession of guilt. ==== Derived terms ==== confessio amantis == Latin == === Etymology === From cōnfiteor (“to confess, to acknowledge”) + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈfɛs.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈfɛs.si.o] === Noun === cōnfessiō f (genitive cōnfessiōnis); third declension a confession, acknowledgment (Ecclesiastical Latin) creed or avowal of one's faith (Ecclesiastical Latin) confession (disclosure of one's sins to a priest in order to receive absolution from God) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== cōnfessor cōnfiteor ==== Descendants ==== === References === “confessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “confessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "confessio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “confessio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. confessio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “confessio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin