how to pronounce confessor

/kənˈfɛs.əɹ/

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confessor is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of confessor in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… King Edward the Confessor died on …”

meanings of confessor

noun:

A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
One who confesses to having done something wrong.

confessor frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word confessor occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics confessor can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that confessor can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;