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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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In Washington, the House of Representatives interrupted its session and the chaplain prayed for the astronauts.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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After the governor’s mansion was firebombed last year, hours after the Shapiro family had held their Passover seder, an elderly fire-department chaplain named John Wardle handed Shapiro a handwritten prayer.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The family had been relying on food and water delivery from a local pastor.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
31 Jan. 2026
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The pastor told Lemon and the others to leave the church.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sophie D’Amours, rector at Université Laval, adds that the university prioritizes the wellbeing and growth of its employees in part because the hope is for employees to stay long-term and build their careers at ULaval.—
Rachel Rabkin Peachman,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Ryan said Sheridan kept other board members in the dark, including the rector at the time of his departure.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
24 Nov. 2025
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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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Thankfully, the book was saved by being thrown out of a window by a local vicar, Johann Erichsons.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
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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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On March 25 at Canterbury Cathedral, Mullally will be formally installed as bishop of the diocese of Canterbury in a ceremony marking the beginning of her new role.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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This behavior would earn them a warning from the bishop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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The most recent abbot, Father Charles Albanese, will be splitting time between Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey in Oregon and Santa Rita Abbey in Arizona.—
John Mossman,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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The abbot later said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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But there is still one more step in the long process of appointing the new archbishop.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Last night, Temple Emanu-El held a special Shabbat service honoring Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who retired last month after 16 years as the archbishop of New York.—
Joshua M. Davidson,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Confessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessor. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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