[f. CONFESS v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. CONFESS; acknowledging, avowing; hearing confessions.
1611. Bible, 1 Esdras ix. 8. Now by confessing giue glory vnto the Lord of our fathers.
1642. O. Sedgwicke, England’s Preserv., 3. By Fastings, by confessings, by prayings.
a. 1656. Bp. Hall, Occas. Medit. (1851), 37. O God, if the confessing of thine own gifts may glorify thee.
