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What is a confessor?

What is a confessor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
  2. One who confesses to having done something wrong.
  3. (Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution
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He had never been good at talking of his emotions, conceding psychological advantage to his confessor.
While they await the arrival of the man's confessor, a local Dominican friar, the brothers encourage him to acknowledge and repent for his sins.
He speaks from many years of experience as a priest, confessor, and moral theologian.
One confessor ordered Veronica Giuliani to kneel while a novice of the order kicked her in the mouth.
How do we understand, not what is said between the confessor and confessant, but the dynamic that is produced between them?
That's why it's a great protection to have a good confessor or spiritual director with whom you can be open and honest.

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