Confessor /(?; 277)/

Con·fess·or

Confessor

n.
  1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.
    He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor.
    — Latham.
    Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors.
  2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.