Usually means: Priest hearing and absolving sins.
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  1. father confessor: Merriam-Webster
  2. father confessor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. father confessor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. father confessor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. father-confessor: Wordnik
  6. father confessor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. father confessor: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. father confessor: Dictionary.com
  9. father confessor: FreeDictionary.org
  10. father confessor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. father confessor: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (father confessor)

noun:  (Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution; a confessor.
noun:  (by extension) A person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; a spiritual guide.

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