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What (who) is shrive - definition
Shrive
·vt To confess, and receive absolution;
- used reflexively.
II. Shrive ·vi To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
III. Shrive ·vt To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to;
- said of a priest as the agent.
shrive
[?r??v]
¦ verb (past shrove; past participle shriven) archaic (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve.
?(shrive oneself) present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution.
Origin
OE scrifan 'impose as a penance', of Gmc origin, from L. scribere 'write'.
Shriver
FAMILY NAME
·noun One who shrives; a confessor.
