| Main Entry: | father confessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spiritual leader |
Synonyms: |
confessor, holy father, priest, spiritual director, spiritual father |
| Main Entry: | priest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who is minister in Roman or Orthodox Catholic church |
Synonyms: |
clergyperson, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, elder, father, father confessor, friar, holy man, lama, man of God, man of the cloth, monk, padre, pontiff, preacher, rector, vicar |
| Notes: | a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader |
| Main Entry: | confessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a priest who hears confessions |
Synonyms: |
father confessor, priest, spiritual judge |
| Main Entry: | Holy Father |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head of Roman Catholic Church |
Synonyms: |
confessor, father confessor, pope, spiritual father, spiritual leader |