| 单词 | father confessor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfather confessor father confessor n. [compare post-classical Latin pater confessionum, literally ‘father of confessions’ (12th century in a British source)] ΚΠ 1541 R. Whitford Dyuers Holy Instrucyons & Teachynges xx. f. 47 Our reuerende father confessour mayster Iohn Fewterer. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 239 The admonitions of his father-confessor [Ger. Beichtvaters] might concur. 2007 A. Flacco Last Nightingale vi. 61 Moses' line of work made him the custodian of a world of secrets, rather like a father confessor. < as lemmas |
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