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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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