give absolution
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Fashionable Monsignor Royford crawls steadfastly along a narrow ledge, twelve stories above the ground, to give absolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shrive, shrīv, v.t. to hear a confession from and give absolution to.—v.i. to receive confession: to make such:—pa.t. shrōve or shrīved; pa.p. shriv′en.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The cases in which a priest was forbidden to give absolution.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin
But this confessor can only define the penance, he cannot give absolution, a right which belongs to the masters.
From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.
Ride quickly into the city, and bid the priests come forth to hear the confessions and give absolution to the dying.
From A Heroine of France by Everett-Green, Evelyn
