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- DictionaryShrive/SHrīv/
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- 1. (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve (someone): archaic "none of her chaplains knew English or French enough to shrive the king"
Shrive is a verb that means to hear confession and administer penance or absolution, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. It comes from the Latin verb scribere, meaning "to write", and has the noun form shrift.
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Shrive is an old verb that means to listen to someone's confession and offer forgiveness. It is often used in the context of Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, when people would confess their sins and be shriven.
verb. to hear the confession of (a penitent) tr to impose a penance upon (a penitent) and grant him sacramental absolution. intr to confess one's sins to a priest in order to obtain sacramental forgiveness.
Shrive is an old verb that means to listen to someone's confession and offer forgiveness. Learn how to use it in sentences and find translations in different languages.
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From Middle English shryven, shriven, schrifen, from Old English sċrīfan (“1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 2. (of a priest) to prescribe penance or absolution”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from late Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”). Compare West Frisian skriuwe (“to write”), Low German schrieven (“t...
enPR: shrīv, IPA(key): /ˈʃɹaɪv/Rhymes: -aɪvshrive (third-person singular simple present shrives, present participle shriving, simple past shrove or shrived, past participle shriven or shrived) 1. (religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.). 1.1. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421v: 1.1.1. And thenne whan paper & yn...
Shrive is a verb that means to hear or receive a confession, to free from guilt, or to prescribe penance or absolution. It comes from Old English sċrīfan, related to Latin scrībō (“write”).
To shrive is to hear someone's confession and forgive them. It's not easy, but once your brother has admitted to reading your diary and apologized, it's best to shrive him and move on.
Shrive means to hear the confession of and give absolution to a penitent, or to obtain absolution by confessing and doing penance. It is an archaic verb derived from Old English scrīfan, meaning to write or assign a penance.
