confessor
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The success of “Father Brown” rests in the way Williams plays with the notion of the priest as a quiet, trustworthy confessor.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
When the Father arose his confessor grasped him by the hand, and after a few words had been exchanged, Father Dupiéreux advanced alone in the direction of the wood.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
He listens to his old acquaintance’s monologue through “an increasing indefinable discomfort” that he is being used, while accepting the ego boost he gets from playing Cook’s confessor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
But Zell continued to open up until Bull, renouncing his role of confessor, insisted that he had to get to work.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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