Definition of Shrive
Shrive
shrive


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(verb)
(old) to hear someone's confession of their sins and tell them how to make amends for it in order to free them from guilt;

e.g. He offered to shrive the younger man first.

(verb)
(old) to confess one's sins to a priest in order to be told how to make amends and thus be relieved of guilt;

e.g. She went to shrive to the priest after what she had done.



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