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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">confessors</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Christian clergy</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>confessor</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>confessor&apos;s</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>confessors&apos;</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Christian clergy whose defining official function is to hear the confessions of others, prescribes penance, and grants absolution. Prime examples are the private spiritual directors of a king or other great personage. ]]></note></mads>