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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL.

confessarius

One who makes a confession.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Noun.

One who makes a confession. [Not used.]

confessary ‎(plural confessaries)

(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
- Dr. Hickes, Dean of Worcester
  God hath left power to the Church, that is, to the Priests of the Church, to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in Him; and therefore directs the Confessary to absolve the confessing penitent of all his sins in the name, &c.