Shrove
Multiple Entries:shrove shrive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shrove/ʃrəʊv/
past of shrive.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shrive /ʃrʌɪv/
▶verb (past shrove; past part. shriven) archaic (of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve.
■ (shrive oneself) present oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution.
– origin OE scrīfan ‘impose as a penance’, of Gmc origin, from L. scribere ‘write’.
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