confessor

Example Sentences

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But Walters was unstoppable, and as the 1980s and 1990s progressed, she became a mother confessor for perpetrators and victims of scandal.

From Los Angeles Times

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

He also coaxes his father’s former bodyguard/confessor Colin to come work for him.

From New York Times

Times television critic Mary McNamara said Walters was part confessor, part therapist and succeeded brilliantly at making “emotion newsworthy.”

From Los Angeles Times

He becomes the lord confessor, a nicer name for the royal torturer.

From New York Times