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Meaning of "father confessor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FATHER CONFESSOR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FATHER CONFESSOR

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Father confessor is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FATHER CONFESSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of father confessor in the English dictionary

The definition of father confessor in the dictionary is a priest who hears confessions and advises on religious or moral matters. Other definition of father confessor is any person to whom one tells private matters.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FATHER CONFESSOR

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FATHER CONFESSOR

aggressor
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Synonyms and antonyms of father confessor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «father confessor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FATHER CONFESSOR

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The translations of father confessor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «father confessor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

父亲忏悔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

confesor
570 millions of speakers

English

father confessor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिता कंफ़ेसर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأب المعترف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

духовником
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

confessor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাবা স্বীকারকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confesseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengakuan bapa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beichtvater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

父親の懺悔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아버지 의 고백
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bapa pengakuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cha giải tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அப்பா குலசேகரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वडील कबूल करतो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Babam itirafçısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

padre confessore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ojciec spowiednik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

духівником
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

duhovnic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ο πατέρας Ομολογητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biegvader
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

biktfader
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

far skriftefar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of father confessor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FATHER CONFESSOR»

The term «father confessor» is used very little and occupies the 151.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FATHER CONFESSOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about father confessor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FATHER CONFESSOR»

Discover the use of father confessor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to father confessor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Caverns of the Father Confessor
Z. T. Law. He had left Grosse Pointe as a teenager to attend the seminary. He had completely renounced the ways of the world. His family had been friends with captains of industry. His father had known Horace Dodge personally. His father ...
Z. T. Law, 2002
2
Father Confessor
In the tradition of film noir, Father Confessor explores the dark side that resides within everyone.
John P. Matsis, 2004
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Father Confessor
DCI Ernie Bright is dead.
Russel D. McLean, 2012
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Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life
The rules or satisfactions of the medical father confessor should consist not so much in prescriptions as in rules of diet, just as those of the spiritual father confessor consist more in certain useful deeds that are prescribed, than, for example, ...
Justin E. H. Smith, 2011
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Medieval Christianity in Practice
She got a great desire and longing for the holy sacrament and with the permission of her father confessor often partook of it. Her father confessor was told that he permitted her to partake of it too often, since she was a married woman. And her ...
Miri Rubin, 2009
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A general dictionary, historical and critical: in which a ...
But the Kingdifliked that pro- " position to such a degree, that having rejected it with " scorn, and even reproved the Queen for it, he would " never hear his father confessor any more, and ha- •* ving dismisled him under some other pretence, ...
Pierre Bayle, John Peter Bernard, John Lockman, 1738
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; ...
... father confessor, who was called upon to teach lessons of humility to one, whom success and the world's applause had already filled with pride, arrogance, and vain glory. For many years the Pere la Chaise subjected the world of taste and ...
8
Shakespeare Studies
In the second scene, Hamlet listens to Claudius's penitential prayer and becomes , as Mark Thornton Burnett notes, "an unpunctual but unconsoling father confessor."1 By depicting Hamlet and Claudius in the confessional box, Branagh  ...
Susan Zimmerman, Garrett Sullivan, Linda Neiberg, 2007
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The American and Foreign Christian Union
I appeal to your conscience as a father-confessor, for the truth of my statements. Have you not asked females such questions in the confessional that have caused modest women to blush when you meet them in the streets of New- York ?
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Ignatius of Loyola: The Psychology of a Saint
Undoubtedly, the father-confessor to whom the pilgrim turned in his hour of torment played a crucial and highly influential role. This Dominican priest (for he must have been one of the members of the Dominican monastery where the pilgrim ...
William W. Meissner, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FATHER CONFESSOR»

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Romeo Maione (1925-2015) — Social activist influenced labour …
This task made him a father confessor for all the workers with grievances towards management. In addition it gave him an understanding that ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
2
The Morbid Anatomy Museum Celebrates One Year
She called me her “father confessor,” and told me she didn't feel she could tell anyone else. This made me very sad. Why was the one thing she ... «Park Slope Stoop, Jun 15»
3
Wilshere among several Premier League stars to visit famed tattooist
Hardy is one of the most well-known tattoo artists in the UK and he once described himself as part tattoo artist, part father confessor and part ... «ESPN.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
24-Year-Old William Styron On Happiness, Presence, And The True …
... but because they were broke once, or out in the rain, and had to turn to some politico-economic father confessor. Which from my point of view ... «malaysiandigest.com, Jun 15»
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Visiting Our Past: Weldon Weir was father to Asheville during baby …
“He has been a friend, a father confessor — you name it — to almost every city employee,” Lillian Ducker, secretary to the Civil Service ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jun 15»
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Where are they now? Longtime Ramsey baseball coach John …
The players have come to trust the man they call "Ponch," and he has become the pitcher's father confessor. Ponchak said if a pitcher gets ... «NorthJersey.com, Jun 15»
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NJ Festival Orchestra season finale is May 30 at Presbyterian …
He also received rave reviews for his role as Father Confessor in Dialogue of the Carmelites at Opera Theater of St. Louis. Acclaimed American ... «NJ.com, May 15»
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Theater Review (NYC Off Broadway): 'The Belle of Belfast'
Emma Malloy is sharing her darkest secrets with the handsome, youthful priest, the father confessor in a parish that offers help in this trying time ... «Blogcritics, May 15»
9
The AIM – Attractions & Detractions
In reality the role is more akin to a cross between go-between with the Exchange and Father Confessor to the company's management. «InvestorIntel, May 15»
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Revisiting A Suburbia-Gone-Sour In Ross Macdonald's Crime Fiction
But Lew Archer is as much a social worker, a counselor, a father confessor as he is a private eye. Macdonald gave us a detective with ... «NPR, Apr 15»

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