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(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
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(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
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The state of being an apostle.
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Characteristic of a boss; bosslike
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(religion) A diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, requiring the presence of witnesses to the marriage vows, one of whom must be a priest or a deacon.
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(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest.
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(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
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Alternative form of confessor [One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.]
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(Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
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(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.
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A manual or guide to making confession.
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(Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution
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Of or pertaining to a confessor.
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The condition of a person who continues to confess their faith when suffering persecution.
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(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
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A person who consecrates
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(Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
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(countable) The period during which a person is a disciple
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The state, personality, or character of a friar.
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(transitive) To enroll (someone) as a priest of a particular church.
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A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
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(Mormonism) Degree of glory.
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The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
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(religion, chiefly Christianity) The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing and (Christianity) the charism whereby new bishops are initiated into the apostolic succession.
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Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
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Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
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Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.
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(Roman Catholicism) A nuncio.
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(Philippines) Corruption involving patronage, nepotism and favoritism, especially in politics and government.
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(by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
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The right of nomination to political office.
adj
Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources.
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(obsolete) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
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(obsolete) A small building in a monastery, or a part of a church, where penitents confessed.
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The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
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The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
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(obsolete, derogatory) A preacher.
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The state, office, or condition of a president.
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With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified.
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A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice.
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The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
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(Christianity) A sin that can only be absolved by the pope or his legate etc.
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A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
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(American spelling) Alternative form of saviourship [The dignity or office of a saviour.]
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(religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
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The role or status of a shaman.
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A priest who listens to confessions.
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(obsolete) A confessor; a priest who hears confessions.
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(obsolete) A person who shrives; a confessor
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The hearing of a confession of sins.
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A notification by a candidate for Holy Orders of his intention to enquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
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A fraternity, a society or association.
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(Catholicism, historical) A priest who abused the confessional to solicit women.
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The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
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An oppressive or domineering person of authority, usually male.
adj
(Roman antiquity, of a monument or memorial) Erected without Senatical grant by a prevailing general as a trophy (or tropæum) commemorating a battle in which he was victorious; compare triumphal.
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Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.
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(Canada, archaic) A form of address of a mayor.
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