单词 | confessor |
释义 | Related topics: Christianitycon·fes·sor /kənˈfesə $ -ər/ noun [countable] formal RRCthe priest who someone regularly makes their confession to 听忏悔的神父,告解神父Examples from the Corpusconfessor• He was in demand as a confessor, from a few parishioners, a few neighbouring clergy, a few old students at Lincoln.• Some were in religious orders and acted as confessors, others were lay people.• She and her confessor ran away from her incestuous father, a pagan chieftain.• Also patron of confessors, professors, and theologians.• Such as Saint Maximus the confessor whose tongue was cut out preventing him from speaking.• The confessor was murdered and Dymphna was beheaded for refusing to return home.• His patronage to confessors is attributed to the large crowds he attracted to the confessionals.con·fes·sor nounChineseSyllable Corpus makes who someone regularly their the priest |
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