"confessant" meaning in English

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          "text": "[T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.",
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        "(obsolete) One who confesses to a priest."
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