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shrive
[ shrahyv ]
verb (used with object)
shrove or shrived, shriven or shrived, shriving.
- to impose penance on (a sinner).
- to grant absolution to (a penitent).
- to hear the confession of (a person).
verb (used without object)
Archaic.
shrove or shrived, shriven or shrived, shriving.
- to hear confessions.
- to go to or make confession; confess one's sins, as to a priest.
shrive
/ 蕛谤补瑟惫 /
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
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Derived Forms
- 藞蝉丑谤颈惫别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻苍路蝉丑谤颈惫别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of shrive1
Old English 蝉肠谤墨蹿补苍, from Latin 蝉肠谤墨产别谤别 to write
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"We went to bed as a normal family that shrove Tuesday, but woke up to our world having been devastated."
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鈥淪hrift,鈥 from the verb 鈥渢o shrive,鈥 is confession of one鈥檚 sins to a priest and presumably forgiveness.
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Is it getting ready for our return to a shriven world, sadder, smaller but somehow more pure than before?
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Other events include a 5K fun run, races for all ages, and a shriving service, which is the religious component of the holiday, according to race organizers.
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The force said the word shrove is the past tense of shrive - confession before Lent - so it felt appropriate.
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