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Examples of shrive
shrive
Shrive didn't attend Nebraska's spring game, but he is considering NU as a college home.
From the omaha.com
Shrive got the answer he wanted from Paterno.
From the bostonherald.com
To shrive is to gain absolution for your sins through grovelling penance and the tittle-tattle of confession.
From the guardian.co.uk
When a priest shrives you he listens open-mouthed to what you've done, and when you shrive you tell him the lurid details.
From the guardian.co.uk
The word shrove is the past tense of the English verb to shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession and doing penance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
- To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.); To prescribe penance or absolution; To confess, and receive absolution
