absolver
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
Noun
- Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
- […] how hast thou the heart, Being a divine, a ghostly confessor, A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d, To mangle me with that word ‘banished’? - c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of...
- […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […] - 1684, Richard Baxter, Whether Parish Congregations Be True Christian Churches, London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 2:
Origin
Etymology tree English absolve Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English absolver From absolve + -er.