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Noun: priest-penitent privilege
  1. The right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
    "The priest invoked priest-penitent privilege when questioned about the parishioner's confession"

Derived forms: priest-penitent privileges

Type of: privilege

Encyclopedia: Priest-penitent privilege