Confiteor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Confiteor
1150–1200; Middle English; after first word of Latin prayer: I confess
Example Sentences
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He made a huge sign of the cross, lowered his head and recited, again with perfect Latin diction, the Confiteor.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
We have to know by heart all the prayers, the Hail Mary, the Our Father, the Confiteor, the Apostles’ Creed, the Act of Contrition, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
When we kneel down to say the Confiteor, if we could imagine what I have just described to take place, how well we should say it!
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
A. The Confiteor is divided into two parts.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous
With a quiet deliberateness that surprised me, I said the "Confiteor," and accused myself of the long catalogue of sins that I had prepared.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest
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