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confessor

or Dz·ڱ·

[ kuhn-fes-er ]

noun

  1. a person who confesses.
  2. a priest authorized to hear confessions.
  3. a person who confesses faith in and adheres to the Christian religion, especially in spite of persecution and torture but without suffering martyrdom.
  4. the Confessor. Edward the Confessor.


confessor

/ əˈɛə /

noun

  1. Christianity RC Church a priest who hears confessions and sometimes acts as a spiritual counsellor
  2. history a person who bears witness to his Christian religious faith by the holiness of his life, esp in resisting threats or danger, but does not suffer martyrdom
  3. a person who makes a confession
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confessor1

before 1000; Middle English, Old English (in pl: confessores ) < Late Latin; confess, -tor
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And in the second act, he has a crucial existential colloquy with Marianne, Rachel Bay Jones’ wealthy airhead, who reveals a surprising amount of depth in a philosophical back and forth with her uncertain confessor.

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He also coaxes his father’s former bodyguard/confessor Colin to come work for him.

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Times television critic Mary McNamara said Walters was part confessor, part therapist and succeeded brilliantly at making “emotion newsworthy.”

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He becomes the lord confessor, a nicer name for the royal torturer.

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Other suspects included a former Boeing employee, a former Northwest Orient Airlines employee and several deathbed confessors.

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