| 单词 | confessor |
| 释义 | confessor noun[C] uk/kənˈfes.ər/us/kənˈfes.ɚ/apriestwho someone canconfessto 听忏悔的神父，告解神父Religious leaders & officials
Examplesofconfessorconfessor The nature of our sources may account for this silence : martyrs and confessors, through their sufferings, were purging themselves of their sins in this world. From theCambridge English Corpus But his words also imply the way in which aconfessorwould claim and assume office as presbyter or deacon. From theCambridge English Corpus Such open families are not necessarily female-dominated, but their fathers are often rendered strategically absent by the fatherconfessor. From theCambridge English Corpus Friars were frequently confessors and the prayers of monks were thought to be particularly powerful. From theCambridge English Corpus He viewed me as somewhat of aconfessor, a third party listener with whom he could share his thoughts. From theCambridge English Corpus The reprieves granted to confessors were the last decisions the court was allowed to make. From theCambridge English Corpus In both cases the confessors needed a bishop neither for their own ordination nor, if ordained, to give absolution. From theCambridge English Corpus Even confessors were exhorted to scrutinize the conscience of the sinner in confession as a physician scrutinizes wounds. From theCambridge English Corpus We should notice that he conflates what doctrines do with what their confessors believe or intend that they do. From theCambridge English Corpus Breviaries frequently furnished only the collect, and the celebrants were directed to the common of confessors. From theCambridge English Corpus Approximately one-third of its chants borrow from the venerable offices of major temporal feasts, as well as the common ofconfessorbishops. From theCambridge English Corpus His office does not seem to have been simply taken over in toto from the common of confessors. From theCambridge English Corpus Marginal rubrics identify these chants as being for confessors. From theCambridge English Corpus Far from providing options of choice throughout the summer, the decisions concerning confessors were the last decisions the court was allowed to make. From theCambridge English Corpus Such was the character of the threat to the social fabric of absolution by the confessors. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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