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shrift
(encz) | shrift,přehlížení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shrift
(gcide) | Shrift \Shrift\, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr.
scr[imac]fan to shrive. See Shrive.]
1. The act of shriving.
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In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer.
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2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent
upon it. --Chaucer.
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Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak.
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Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift,
And be yourself; for you must die this instant.
--Rowe.
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Shrift father, a priest to whom confession is made.
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shrift
(wn) | shrift
n 1: the act of being shriven |
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short shrift
(encz) | short shrift, |
Earshrift
(gcide) | Earshrift \Ear"shrift`\, n.
A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.]
--Cartwright.
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Shrift
(gcide) | Shrift \Shrift\, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr.
scr[imac]fan to shrive. See Shrive.]
1. The act of shriving.
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In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer.
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2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent
upon it. --Chaucer.
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Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak.
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Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift,
And be yourself; for you must die this instant.
--Rowe.
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Shrift father, a priest to whom confession is made.
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Shrift father
(gcide) | Shrift \Shrift\, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr.
scr[imac]fan to shrive. See Shrive.]
1. The act of shriving.
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In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer.
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2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent
upon it. --Chaucer.
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Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak.
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Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift,
And be yourself; for you must die this instant.
--Rowe.
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Shrift father, a priest to whom confession is made.
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short shrift
(wn) | short shrift
n 1: a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short
shrift of my request" [syn: short shrift, {summary
treatment}] |
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