PRIEST-PENITENT PRIVILEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does priest-penitent privilege mean? 

• PRIEST-PENITENT PRIVILEGE (noun)
  The noun PRIEST-PENITENT PRIVILEGE has 1 sense:

1. the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges

  Familiarity information: PRIEST-PENITENT PRIVILEGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIEST-PENITENT PRIVILEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("priest-penitent privilege" is a kind of...):

privilege ((law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship)