shrives

We have found lemma(root) word of shrives : shrive.

Definitions


[ʃrʌɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve
(e.g: none of her chaplains knew English or French enough to shrive the king)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scrīfan ‘impose as a penance’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijven and German schreiben ‘write’, from Latin scribere ‘write’




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