father confessor

noun Ecclesiastical.

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father confessor

—n
1.	Christianity a priest who hears confessions and advises on religious or moral matters
2.	any person to whom one tells private matters

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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"Dutton Peabody: No, no, no, you don't. No. I'm a newspaperman not a politician. Politicians are my meat. I build 'em up. I tear 'em down. But I, I wouldn't be one. I couldn't. It'd, it'd destroy me. Gimme a drink.
Tom Donophon: The bar is closed.
Peabody: Good people of Shinbone, I, I, I'm your conscience. I'm the still small voice that thunders in the night. I'm your watchdog that howls against the wolves. I'm, I'm your father confessor. I, I, I'm, what else am I?
Tom: The town drunk."

-Willis Goldbeck

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