confessor
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- noun
- /kənˈfɛsər/
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confesor
- I need a confessor.
- confessor and penitent
- Maximos the Confessor
Examples
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After committing a sin, he decided to visit his confessor for guidance and forgiveness.
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That's between me and my confessor.
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- You were my confessor, my teacher.
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I am to be your new confessor.
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And I'll go to my confessor and ask for absolution.
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To achieve integrity, both the penitent and the confessor use a formal framework.
Academic text (1993) -
The task of the confessor is to lure the penitent to God.
Academic text (1993) -
My confessor had to tell me the meanings of the sixth and ninth commandments.
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Although her modesty caused her to protest this honor, she obeyed her confessor's command to assume the post.
Academic text (1994) -
She whispered her secrets to her confessor during their private meeting in the chapel.
Synonyms
A person who says another person's sins are forgiven, usually a priest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Confessor comes from the verb confess ('to admit' or 'to tell the truth') plus the ending -or ('person who does something'). Historically it named a priest who hears people's confessions and gives them comfort or forgiveness, so a confessor is the priest who listens and helps.