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Recent Examples of confessor
Drawn to her difference, neighbors and coworkers treat Pavitra as a confessor and sounding board for their own preoccupations.
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Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Miriam Gershow, Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessor
Noun
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The interdenominational chaplain has no campaign to speak of in his hometown of Redding.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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Father Francis Sampson, chaplain of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, was tasked with finding Fritz and getting him to safety.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Moore is also a 27-year Army veteran, said his wife, Betty, an associate pastor at the church.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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Joseph Quiros-Soto had something to confess after his pastor encouraged him to come forward and do the right thing.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
Noun
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About 120 of them engage in adoration and weekend-long spiritual retreats, the first of which saw organizers and the basilica’s rector stay up to prepare the church until well past midnight.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, vice rector of innovation at the University of Cagliari, has been working to help Sardinia transition to cleaner, more reliable energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Stevens, the vicar of the show's main town Walford, often oversaw various milestones for the other characters, including christenings, marriages and funerals.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 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
Noun
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John Carroll, who became the first American bishop in 1790, was devoted to Mary throughout his life.—
Bridget Retzloff,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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Pham is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.—
Michael Pham,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
Noun
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The court found that Shi used his positions, including as the temple abbot, to illegally embezzle more than $19 million alone or in conspiracy with others, between 2003 and 2025, CCTV reported.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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According to a relative of Nathan who provided some of the sources Amit studied, the abbot reportedly also wrote letters to the Vatican and to monasteries in Switzerland pleading for a safe exit for Wolfgang.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Guests including the archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Monsignor Renato Boccardo; the mayor of Norcia, Giuliano Boccanera, and the president of the Umbria region, Stefania Proietti, attended the ceremonial ribbon-cutting.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
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Pope Leo in December appointed Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks as archbishop of New York, signifying a move to a more pastoral and missionary-inspired leadership in one of the largest archdiocese in the nation.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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