shrive
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Oh, I will have none of Ambrose or John, Though sage penitauncers I trow they be; Shrive me may none save the Abbot alone-- Now listen, Lord Abbot, I speak to thee.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Shrive me, good father, for I'm sinking fast.
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
Shrive her, brother, swiftly ere she adds to them.'
From Montezuma's Daughter by Haggard, Henry Rider
Look, my lord Warden, as you have in charge, The Shrive perform his office.
From Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
"Shrive her yourself, Gougon; few know the mummeries better!" cried a voice.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing shrive
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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The Merchant of Venice
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Mardi Gras: Faith
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