1/15/07

shrive

[ME 'shriven', 'schrifen', from OE 'scrīfan', to prescribe, from Latin 'scribere', to write]

tr. v.
1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent).
2. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.
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