confessor
Example Sentences
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The success of “Father Brown” rests in the way Williams plays with the notion of the priest as a quiet, trustworthy confessor.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
But Walters was unstoppable, and as the 1980s and 1990s progressed, she became a mother confessor for perpetrators and victims of scandal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
When the Father arose his confessor grasped him by the hand, and after a few words had been exchanged, Father Dupiéreux advanced alone in the direction of the wood.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
He listens to his old acquaintance’s monologue through “an increasing indefinable discomfort” that he is being used, while accepting the ego boost he gets from playing Cook’s confessor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
“It’s a private story. Almost like a secret, between myself, my confessor Prior Michelangelo, and God. I can tell you, can’t I? You won’t tell anyone?”
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
