CONFESSOR Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

confessor

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Definition of confessor

as in chaplain

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Recent Examples of confessor Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor. — Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025 The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church. — Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025 In many cases, the handler is simultaneously confessor, babysitter, psychologist, spiritual mentor and surrogate family member. — Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025 On April 18, King Frederik and Queen Mary's youngest children were confirmed by the royal confessor, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, in Fredensborg Castle Church. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for confessor

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Noun

In his role as the chaplain to the state Senate, Lazowski also helped lobby for legislation that would require genocide and Holocaust education in Connecticut schools.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
After his escape from slavery in Kentucky, Allensworth joined the Civil War on the Union side, becoming a chaplain and rising to the rank of Colonel.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026

Definition of chaplain

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Hong Kong — A pastor who founded one of China’s most prominent underground churches has been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Michelle Obama is a shining example of this inspirational leadership, the kind also demonstrated by my mother and aunties, my sister and sister- friends, by my pastor and elders, and by my colleagues in the maternal and infant health space.

— Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of pastor

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There was only one doctor left in the country who could do it, neurosurgeon Volodymyr Smolanka, acting rector of Uzhhorod National University.

— Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
The Rectory As the name suggests, The Rectory was originally home to the rector of nearby All Saints’ Church and his 14 children.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026

Definition of rector

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Nearly every murder is solved by the end of the episode, but despite the unusual twist of having the village vicar team up with the police, the real action comes from the relationships among the characters.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
The sacred meets the secular in this long-running pairing of a young vicar with a worldly police detective in the titular idyllic Cambridgeshire village during the 1950s and ‘60s.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of vicar

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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.

— Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.

— Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025

Definition of parson

Noun

The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of bishop

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The court found that Shi used his positions, including as the temple abbot, to illegally embezzle more than $19 million alone or in conspiracy with others, between 2003 and 2025, CCTV reported.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
According to a relative of Nathan who provided some of the sources Amit studied, the abbot reportedly also wrote letters to the Vatican and to monasteries in Switzerland pleading for a safe exit for Wolfgang.

— Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of abbot

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William Warham, the archbishop of Canterbury, called for more copies to be bought up and burned.

— Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
The diocese's parishes, schools, and other entities are not included in the filing and their operation should not be affected, the archbishop said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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