confessors

[708] The gradual restriction of “brethren” to the clergy and the confessors is the surest index of the growing organization and privileges of the churches.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

These, who suffered bravely everything except death, were called confessors instead of martyrs.

The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Those who did not die under the tortures, but escaped after all, were called confessors -- people who had confessed with their mouths that Jesus Christ was King and Lord, in spite of their terror and agony ....

Sermons on National Subjects Charles Kingsley 1847

None of these witnesses have specified the number of the confessors, which is fixed at sixty in an old menology, (apud Ruinart.p. 486.)

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 Edward Gibbon 1765

None of these witnesses have specified the number of the confessors, which is fixed at sixty in an old menology, (apud Ruinart.p. 486.)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Recruits included large numbers of turncoat former PKK militants, commonly referred to as itirafcilar or "confessors," and Turkish ultranationalist members of the criminal underworld.

Illuminati Conspiracy Archive Blog 2009

In contrast to far more reluctant confessors like Floyd Landis, Millar has voiced his guilt and a desire to help a tarnished sport escape systematic doping.

David Millar: I'd be surprised if Bradley Wiggins made Tour top 10 2011

Fathers, and its affinities with confessors or martyrs who died for defending the demands of the common good, these documents, whose continuity before and after the Second Vatican Council he stresses, cannot be regarded as merely prudential or exclusively natural in character (12).

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

To avoid criminal prosecution, some confessors have had to agree to a 25% penalty on the highest value of a wide range of foreign assets since 2003, not just bank accounts—even if those values have since fallen.

What's Next for Offshore Accounts? Laura Saunders 2011

In contrast to far more reluctant confessors like Floyd Landis, Millar has voiced his guilt and a desire to help a tarnished sport escape systematic doping.

David Millar: I'd be surprised if Bradley Wiggins made Tour top 10 2011