"father confessor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: father confessors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} father confessor (plural father confessors)
  1. (Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution; a confessor. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism
    Sense id: en-father_confessor-en-noun-Nv56oAPE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
  2. (by extension) A person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; a spiritual guide. Tags: broadly Translations (person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; spiritual guide): henkinen opas (Finnish), guide spirituel [masculine] (French), conseiller spirituel [masculine] (French), directeur de conscience [masculine] (French), powiernik [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-father_confessor-en-noun-LepivknD Disambiguation of 'person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; spiritual guide': 7 93

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