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Recent Examples of confessor
The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.
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Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
In many cases, the handler is simultaneously confessor, babysitter, psychologist, spiritual mentor and surrogate family member.
—Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025
Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
In many cases, the handler is simultaneously confessor, babysitter, psychologist, spiritual mentor and surrogate family member.
—Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025
Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessor
Noun
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Both Twedt-Ball, a third-generation United Methodist pastor and founder of the nonprofit Matthew 25, and Lindsay James, a PCUSA chaplain who is also running in Iowa's 2nd district, said the 2016 election was a catalyst for their political involvement.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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When the chaplain ignored him, the man pulled out a handgun.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Zion Hope is more than just the white building with a red tile roof, said David Griffin, the pastor’s son.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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Huang said her candor about being a pastor has sparked questions from voters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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At Sagrada Familia, a prayer verse is included at the base of the cross installed Friday afternoon, said church rector Turull.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fast forward two years, after a period of poor mental health following my injury, the realization of the vicar’s sentence really hit.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
3 Jan. 2026
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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From Michael O’Connor, born in County Cork and named the first bishop in 1843, to subsequent bishops, clergy and sisters – primarily the Sisters of Mercy, who founded Mercy Hospital in 1847 – Irish roots ran deep in the church.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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The bishop indicated that was given to the needy.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Phommasan, a native of Laos and abbot at a Buddhist temple in Snellville, was recently fitted with a prosthetic leg at Mercer University.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Phommasan, abbot of a temple in Snellville, Georgia, rejoined the monks near Washington and entered American University's arena in a wheelchair.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, said the war was morally unjustifiable.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, described the war as morally unjustifiable, while Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich criticized the White House for sharing social media posts about the war that included video game-style imagery.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Confessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessor. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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