Online Google Dictionary

confessor 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/kənˈfesər/,
Font size:

confessors, plural;
  1. A priest who hears confessions and gives absolution and spiritual counsel

  2. A person to whom another confides personal problems

  3. A person who avows religious faith in the face of opposition, but does not suffer martyrdom

  4. A person who makes a confession

  1. a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
  2. someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
  3. The title confessor is used within Christianity in several ways.
  4. Confessor is a doom metal band from North Carolina, USA. By their technically complex interpretation of traditional doom style, they are also well-known name within progressive metal circles. To date, the band has released two full-length studio albums.
  5. The Confessor is a fictional character in the comic book series Astro City. Created by writer Kurt Busiek and artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross.
  6. Confessor is the eleventh novel in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, and the last in the Chainfire trilogy bringing an end to the current story arc involving the Imperial Order. The book was announced on February 20, 2007 on the author's official website. ...
  7. The Confessor is the seventh studio album by Joe Walsh, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).
  8. The Confessor (published 2003) is a Gabriel Allon spy novel by Daniel Silva.
  9. The Good Shepherd (also known as The Confessor in the United States) is a 2004 drama film directed by Lewis Webb, starring Christian Slater, Molly Parker and Stephen Rea. The film follows a straying Catholic priest's investigation of a troubled teen's mysterious death. ...
  10. "The Confessor" is a song by Joe Walsh that appeared on his 1985 album of the same name. It is the longest song on the album clocking in at 7 minutes and 6 seconds, and it has two segments. ...
  11. 1) Pneumatikos (see confession). 2) A person who defended and publicly confessed the Faith, thereby exposing himself to persecution (Homologetis).
  12. evid. A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of their sins.
  13. seeks emotional support