confessornoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈfes.ər/us/kənˈfes.ɚ/a priest who someone can confess to
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Religious leaders & officials
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- ayatollah
- bishop
- clerical
- curacy
- curate
- deacon
- deaconess
- muezzin
- mullah
- padre
- papal
- parish clerk
- rabbi
- rector
- sexton
- swami
- the Dalai Lama
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Examples from literature
- Her confessor, a holy man, assured her that under the circumstances Heaven would pardon the neglect.
- In everything, too, they must obey without comment, the superior and the confessors.
- The confessor tried to reassure her, but his trembling voice only increased her alarm.
- The executioner uncovered his head and showed the confessor that the eyes were closed and that the heart had ceased to beat.
- Yet he had a heart which, if he could find a confessor whom he could trust, he longed to ease in confidence.