Confessorship
Pronunciation : Con*fess"or*ship
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith. Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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