What does shrive mean?
Definitions for shrive
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Princeton's WordNet
shrive, absolveverb
grant remission of a sin to
"The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
Wiktionary
shriveverb
To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
shriveverb
To prescribe penance or absolution.
shriveverb
To confess, and receive absolution.
"Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive", - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.
Etymology: Old English scrifan, from skrībanan, from scribo. Cognate from Germanic with Dutch schrijven, German schreiben; and from Latin with French écrire, Spanish escribir.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Shriveverb
To hear at confession.
Etymology: scrifan , Saxon.
What, talking with a priest, lord chamberlain?
Your friends at Pomfret they do need a priest,
Your honour hath no shriving work in hand. William Shakespeare.He shrives this woman,
Else ne’er could he so long protract his speech. William Shakespeare.If he had the condition of a saint, and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me. William Shakespeare.
Shrive but their title, and their moneys poize,
A laird and twenty pence pronounc’d with noise,
When constru’d but for a plain yeoman go,
And a good sober two pence, and well so. John Cleveland.
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shrive
To shrive means to grant absolution or hear confession from a sinner, especially in a religious context, by a priest or other religious figure. It originates from old English and is usually associated with the Christian faith.
Webster Dictionary
Shriveverb
to hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent
Shriveverb
to confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively
Shriveverb
to receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution
Etymology: [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scrvan to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skrva to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskrban to be troubled. Cf. Shrift, Shrovetide.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shrive
shrīv, v.t. to hear a confession from and give absolution to.—v.i. to receive confession: to make such:—pa.t. shrōve or shrīved; pa.p. shriv′en.—ns. Shrī′ver, one who shrives: a confessor; Shrī′ving (Spens.), shift, confession; Shrīving-time (Shak.), time for confession. [A.S. scrífan, to write, to prescribe penance—L. scribĕre.]
Anagrams for shrive »
shiver
shevri
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shrive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shrive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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