SHRIVE
\ʃɹˈa͡ɪv], \ʃɹˈaɪv], \ʃ_ɹ_ˈaɪ_v]\
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To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
By Oddity Software
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To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
By Noah Webster.
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To hear or receive the confession of and give absolution to.
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To hear, or make confession leading to absolution.
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Shrived or shrove.
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Shrived or shriven.
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Shriving.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To hear a confession.
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To receive confession (said of a priest):-pa.t. shrove or shrived; pa.p. shriven.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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R. C. Ch. To grant absolution upon confession.
By James Champlin Fernald
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