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father confessor
father confessor
noun
- Christianity a priest who hears confessions and advises on religious or moral matters
- any person to whom one tells private matters
Example Sentences
Once described by the New York Times as a 鈥渇ather confessor to French socialism,鈥 Mr. Daniel was one of his country鈥檚 most prominent journalists for more than half a century 鈥 from the Algerian war for independence in the 1950s and early 1960s to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 that strained relations between the French and American governments.
Are they really lovers or is the much older David more of a father confessor for Imogen?
Why the speaker chose to make repeated and specific criticisms of the Squad during a sit-down interview with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, a noted specialist in the kind of dishy, backstabbing, pseudo-psychological reporting that can rightfully be described with an adjective rhyming with 鈥渋tchy,鈥 only Pelosi and her father confessor know.
That鈥檚 clearly true in the larger, thematic, history-repeats-itself scheme of things, and for reasons best known to his shrink or his father confessor, Giuliani has now enslaved himself to the Trump agenda, Gr铆ma Wormtongue-style.
Right now, John Hurt can be seen in Jackie, opposite Natalie Portman as the newly widowed Mrs Kennedy鈥檚 father confessor.
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