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Meanings of confessor in английском

русский
исповедник
португальский
confessor
испанский
confessor
каталонский
confessor

Priest whom others confess to.

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          исповедник

          A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

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                Examples for "confesser"
                Examples for "confesser"
                1
                You cannot confess without referring to the confesser.
                The University of Hard Knocks
                Usage of confessor in английском
                1
                Frayssinous, Bishop of Hermopolis; the confessor of the King, the Abbe Jocard.
                The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X
                2
                Gower has his lover hear tales from a confessor in cloistered quiet.
                Halleck's New English Literature
                3
                But in the evening came her father confessor, sent by the governor.
                The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
                4
                It was through providential assistance; because prohibited by my confessor and husband.
                The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
                5
                Nay, Mary, none can hear me, save your own confessor, Father Matthew.
                Sir Nigel
                6
                The choice of his confessor sufficiently indicated the choice of his conscience.
                History of the Girondists, Volume I / Personal Memoirs of the Pa...
                7
                Meanwhile, the confessor had gained the palace of the Duke d' Uzeda.
                Calderon the Courtier, a Tale
                8
                We must not embroil you with your confessor; nor Juanita with hers.
                The Velvet Glove
                9
                He appealed to her former confessor; his staying hand was shaken loose.
                The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
                10
                Such is the prudent advice given to the confessor on certain occasions.
                The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional
                11
                Once, in a spirit of unconscious egotism, she wrote to her confessor:
                Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4
                12
                For in lonely Muro, she had no other confessor, nor desired any.
                Taquisara
                13
                About an hour and a half the confessor remained alone with her.
                The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
                14
                You have confided the difficulties of your stage life to your confessor.
                Evelyn Innes
                15
                The arrest of their favorite confessor would hardly have enraged them more.
                Remember the Alamo
                16
                The very same day, I went to my own confessor, the Rev.
                The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional
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                Translations for confessor
                португальский
                confessor
                испанский
                confessorconfesor
                каталонский
                confessor
                Confessor through the time
                Confessor across language varieties
                United Kingdom
                Common
                United States of America
                Rare