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confiteor definition

con·fit·eor (kən fit′ē ər, -fē′tē-)

noun

a formal prayer, as at the beginning of a Mass, in which sins are confessed

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec), I confess: see confess

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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