priest-penitent privilege

1. 1.

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

   Broaderprivilege

Questions about priest-penitent privilege

What does priest-penitent privilege mean?

priest-penitent privilege means "the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges".

Is priest-penitent privilege a common word?

priest-penitent privilege is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.