father confessor
Example Sentences
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Right now, John Hurt can be seen in Jackie, opposite Natalie Portman as the newly widowed Mrs Kennedy’s father confessor.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2017
Stellan Skarsgard, who has often worked with von Trier and in this film plays a father confessor figure to whom Joe recounts her life, echoed her comment, adding: "Lars is a very funny man."
From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2014
Crosby never claimed to be an exemplary singer or an exemplary anything else, and once he at tributed his good reputation to his practice of admitting his sins only to the "father confessor."
From Time Magazine Archive
I have become the father confessor of the whole world ...
From Time Magazine Archive
The captain, therefore, was not only a military leader, a father confessor, and a gents' furnisher, but also an ambassador to the people of a small section of France.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood
