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Recent Examples of confessor
The same thing could be witnessed, in decades past, on more secular (but hardly less ceremonial) television programs like The Oprah Winfrey Show, where talk show luminaries act as confessors to erring movie stars.
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Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
This is Benny’s domain, where over 23 years he’s served as confidant and confessor for the city’s most elite — and the people who want to feel that way for just one night.
—Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
One confessor told him not to worry so much.
—New York Times, 18 June 2021
Those who were imprisoned for their faith but released – called confessors — were venerated by their communities in the same way.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
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Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
This is Benny’s domain, where over 23 years he’s served as confidant and confessor for the city’s most elite — and the people who want to feel that way for just one night.
—Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
One confessor told him not to worry so much.
—New York Times, 18 June 2021
Those who were imprisoned for their faith but released – called confessors — were venerated by their communities in the same way.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessor
Noun
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Until recently, only a Department of Corrections chaplain could join an execution team in the death chamber.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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School chaplain bill fails in Senate A bill aimed at authorizing public schools to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain fell short of clearing the Arkansas Senate on Tuesday.—
Michael R. Wickline,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Thank you to all the pastors, evangelists and artists of the kingdom who volunteered for this surprise party.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
8 Feb. 2025
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In 2011, White-Cain became the senior pastor at the New Destiny Christian Church in Apopka, Florida.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Other information provided by the Archdiocese noted Reidy was ordained by Bishop Timothy J. Harrington at Saint Paul Cathedral in Worcester in 1994, and was assigned to St. Peter Parish in Worcester before becoming rector of Saint Paul Cathedral by Bishop Daniel P. Reilly.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2025
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The church is the spiritual home to about 500 families, according to the church's rector, the Rev. Bruce Freeman.—
Sarah Ventre,
NPR,
12 Jan. 2025
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Pope Francis—who Catholics like Vance honor as the vicar of Jesus Christ—has highlighted the plight of migrants as a tragedy of our time, urging global solidarity and humane treatment of those fleeing violence and poverty.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, Bishop Robert Casey, the vicar general of Archdiocese of Chicago, said the Catholic Church will continue to offer resources for immigrants in the city, including their immigration ministry and the services offered through Catholic Charities.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.—
Shadi Hamid,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2024
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The other is her violent stepfather, who, in this version, is also the church’s parson (Steven Pasquale).—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2024
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Others, like the lecherous bishop (Peppe Lanzetta), seek to use her cerebral interests for a few quick sins of the flesh.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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Which bishop best represented the biblical calls for serving the marginalized in our society, the fawning cardinal or the prophetic bishop?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.—
Hannah Peart,
NBC News,
28 Oct. 2024
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The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2024
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Klobuchar will issue a call to order, and Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and the Rev. Franklin Graham will deliver an invocation.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2025
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He was named the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardin... Corbis via Getty Images ABC News' Joe Simonetti and Helena Skinner contributed to this report.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Confessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessor. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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