noun
- a prayer of confession used in the Roman Catholic Mass
Usage: liturgical
Examples
- The priest began the Mass with the Confiteor.
- During the Confiteor, the congregation acknowledges their sins.
- The Latin text of the Confiteor has been translated into many languages.
- She recited the Confiteor along with the other parishioners.
- The Confiteor is traditionally said at the beginning of the liturgy.