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Meanings of
confessor
in English
Russian
исповедник
Portuguese
confessor
Spanish
confessor
Catalan
confessor
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Priest whom others confess to.
Related terms
position
catholic religious occupation
Russian
исповедник
A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
confesser
Usage of
confessor
in English
1
Frayssinous, Bishop of Hermopolis; the
confessor
of the King, the Abbe Jocard.
2
Gower has his lover hear tales from a
confessor
in cloistered quiet.
3
But in the evening came her father
confessor
,
sent by the governor.
4
It was through providential assistance; because prohibited by my
confessor
and husband.
5
Nay, Mary, none can hear me, save your own
confessor
,
Father Matthew.
6
The choice of his
confessor
sufficiently indicated the choice of his conscience.
7
Meanwhile, the
confessor
had gained the palace of the Duke d' Uzeda.
8
We must not embroil you with your
confessor
;
nor Juanita with hers.
9
He appealed to her former
confessor
;
his staying hand was shaken loose.
10
Such is the prudent advice given to the
confessor
on certain occasions.
11
Once, in a spirit of unconscious egotism, she wrote to her
confessor
:
12
For in lonely Muro, she had no other
confessor
,
nor desired any.
13
About an hour and a half the
confessor
remained alone with her.
14
You have confided the difficulties of your stage life to your
confessor
.
15
The arrest of their favorite
confessor
would hardly have enraged them more.
16
The very same day, I went to my own
confessor
,
the Rev.
Other examples for "confessor"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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confessor
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
have a confessor
own confessor
say the confessor
new confessor
act as confessor
More collocations
Translations for
confessor
Russian
исповедник
испове́дник
Portuguese
confessor
Spanish
confessor
confesor
Catalan
confessor
Confessor
through the time
Confessor
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare