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confiteor^¹

/kənˈfɪtiɔː/ UK
/kɒn-/ UK
/-fiː-/ UK

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From Latin cōnfiteor (“to confess”), the first word of the prayer and used as its title in Ecclesiastical Latin. Doublet of confess.

noun confiteors

A 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.”

Confiteor^²

noun Confiteors

Alternative letter-case form of confiteor

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"confiteor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/confiteor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{confiteor_2026,
  title = {confiteor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confiteor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}