Shrive
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
(2): ( v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; - used reflexively.
(3): ( v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; - said of a priest as the agent.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Saxon, scrifan).
1. To absolve a penitent after private confession.
2. To take or receive a confession.
3. To enjoin or impose a penance after confession. The word is now nearly obsolete.
