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单词 father confessor
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Definition of father confessor in English:

father confessor

noun
  • 1A priest who hears confessions and gives absolution and spiritual counsel.

    the Father Confessor of the convent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unfortunately, she had not been four months in the monastery, when she fell in love with her father confessor.
    • I told him that it was better to be honestly married than to continue to live as the priests, even our father confessors, wanted us to do.
    • Nathella said, ‘I can take you to a father confessor this afternoon.’
    • Mother Marie wants to rejoin them, but the Father Confessor in effect forbids her.
    • Shortly before the dissolution the Father Confessor of the nuns, Richard Reynolds, was executed for not accepting the King's supremacy.
    • There are candles to be lit, and hassocks to kneel on, and a series of wooden cabinets each labelled with the name of a father confessor.
    • The Queen had him licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as her father confessor.
    • In due course he too can be found employing an Augustinian father confessor.
    • The Jesuit Father, Caussin, was the father confessor of King Louis XIII.
    1. 1.1 A person, typically an older man, to whom one confides private matters.
      he is the chief policy adviser and father confessor to the prime minister
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To be a successful agent, you need to be a father confessor, able to empathise with players when necessary, but also able to dispense tough advice they don't want to hear.
      • Budd has become the father confessor for hundreds of people who are convinced they have been abducted by aliens.
      • As he makes me do another set of weights, standing by and offering me words of encouragement or reproach, his role is as drill sergeant, father confessor and friend.
      • He's a magnificent character - part poet, part intellectual, part cop, but also part father confessor.
      • Small, dapper, and strident, he is a combination arrogant professor, soulful father confessor, and hysterical drill instructor.
      • He acted as father confessor and sympathetic listener to most of the players and officials, and everyone knew and respected him.
      • He became a infallible scientist, a friend, a father confessor and a confidant, by using truths, half-truths and outright falsehoods.
      • I was, if I may say so, her father confessor in many ways.
      • For many of the kids, he's their teacher, mentor, counsellor and father confessor.
      • He wasn't their confidant or father confessor; he was their boss.
 
 

Definition of father confessor in US English:

father confessor

noun
  • 1A priest who hears confessions and gives absolution and spiritual counsel.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I told him that it was better to be honestly married than to continue to live as the priests, even our father confessors, wanted us to do.
    • Unfortunately, she had not been four months in the monastery, when she fell in love with her father confessor.
    • The Jesuit Father, Caussin, was the father confessor of King Louis XIII.
    • Mother Marie wants to rejoin them, but the Father Confessor in effect forbids her.
    • Shortly before the dissolution the Father Confessor of the nuns, Richard Reynolds, was executed for not accepting the King's supremacy.
    • The Queen had him licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as her father confessor.
    • In due course he too can be found employing an Augustinian father confessor.
    • Nathella said, ‘I can take you to a father confessor this afternoon.’
    • There are candles to be lit, and hassocks to kneel on, and a series of wooden cabinets each labelled with the name of a father confessor.
    1. 1.1 A person, typically an older man, to whom one confides private matters.
      he was growing tired of acting as the father confessor to every student
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He wasn't their confidant or father confessor; he was their boss.
      • To be a successful agent, you need to be a father confessor, able to empathise with players when necessary, but also able to dispense tough advice they don't want to hear.
      • Small, dapper, and strident, he is a combination arrogant professor, soulful father confessor, and hysterical drill instructor.
      • He became a infallible scientist, a friend, a father confessor and a confidant, by using truths, half-truths and outright falsehoods.
      • Budd has become the father confessor for hundreds of people who are convinced they have been abducted by aliens.
      • As he makes me do another set of weights, standing by and offering me words of encouragement or reproach, his role is as drill sergeant, father confessor and friend.
      • He's a magnificent character - part poet, part intellectual, part cop, but also part father confessor.
      • He acted as father confessor and sympathetic listener to most of the players and officials, and everyone knew and respected him.
      • I was, if I may say so, her father confessor in many ways.
      • For many of the kids, he's their teacher, mentor, counsellor and father confessor.
 
 
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