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Recent Examples of confessor
But it’s also filled with intimacy, as Nas, a primo confessor of the Tik Tok generation, gives interviews while in a towel, or while lying on the ground, with existential one-liners just pouring out of him.
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Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
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.
—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
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Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessor
Noun
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An army chaplain had sent the photo to Oma after her husband had been killed in combat.—
Alex Poppe
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
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Soliman, a former chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 9, about a month after the government revoked his asylum status.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
Noun
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John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.—
Jenny Block,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Seasons one to four of Grantchester featured James Norton (Happy Valley) as vicar Sidney Chambers.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And with that, a one-time refugee officially became San Diego County’s newest bishop and the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States.—
Blake Nelson,
Mercury News,
18 July 2025
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Other examples of similar rebukes have come from Catholic figures such as Reverend Michael Pham, bishop of San Diego, California, who joined several of his colleagues in calling for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to court and stand in solidarity with them.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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In total, the outlets reported that nine abbots and senior monks have stepped down from their roles or been thrown out of the monkhood in relation to Emsawat’s case.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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For years, guilt and anguish haunted the temple’s abbot, Ham Tae-wan.—
Zachary Small,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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It was announced in May that the archbishop was diagnosed with stage three small bowel cancer.—
The Enquirer,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Confessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessor. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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