Confessor

Lit. _ xxiii. 383); a life of Edward the Confessor, written before 1245 (Luard, _Lives of Edward the Confessor_, 1858; _Hist.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

Dealing with the priest's being found guilty of revealing a confession, he says: "But what if the person confessing consents to its being revealed, because, perchance, he calls the Confessor as a witness?"

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

English King Edward, the Good (whom we call the Confessor).

Early Kings of Norway Thomas Carlyle 1838

Kahlan is what is known as a Confessor, a woman with the ability to “touch” someone and make them become obsessed with the Confessor and will do whatever they are told.

“Wizard’s First Rule” by Terry Goodkind (Tor, 1994) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

After the Princesse des Ursins had departed, the King recalled the Confessor from Rome, and kept him near his own person (1718).

The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

The daughter of a Confessor is a Confessor, not the daughter of her father. '

Stone of Tears Goodkind, Terry 1995

But there appears to be no real historical evidence that Edward the Confessor was the first royal personage who healed by laying on of hands.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence

King Edward the Confessor was the first that cured this distemper, and from him it has descended as an hereditary miracle upon all his successors.

Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

After the Princesse des Ursins had departed, the King recalled the Confessor from Rome, and kept him near his own person

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

Edward the Confessor was a good, durable monarch, but not brilliant.

Comic History of England Bill Nye 1873