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noun Ecclesiastical.

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How to use father confessor in a sentence

This year they are to appear in a play or poem which the Father Confessor has written for us—dealing with the story of Judith.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
Within a month the widower came to his father-confessor by night and obtained leave to be married next morning.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
Robert was again at the chink, like some penitent whispering through a grating to his father confessor.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
Cassandra knitted her brows and stared intently into the face of the woman, who was a virtual father confessor to the parish.
Lady Cassandra|Mrs George de Horne Vaizey

Of a certainty, sweetheart, the man who lay with you and did such fine things was our Father Confessor.
The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.)|Margaret, Queen Of Navarre

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father confessor

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Christianity a priest who hears confessions and advises on religious or moral matters

any person to whom one tells private matters

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