father confessor
Example Sentences
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Right now, John Hurt can be seen in Jackie, opposite Natalie Portman as the newly widowed Mrs Kennedy’s father confessor.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2017
Stellan Skarsgard, who has often worked with von Trier and in this film plays a father confessor figure to whom Joe recounts her life, echoed her comment, adding: "Lars is a very funny man."
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2014
Three-quarters of an hour later, he was in his office to begin a day's work that combined the functions of guru, watchdog, troubleshooter, father confessor and cheerleader.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baker softened the ideological edges and was father confessor to the outside world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let him become the father confessor of minds in his town or city; the priest of the intellect, to whom all men shall bring all their mental problems, all their dubious enigmas of the brain.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
