shrive
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The dying man's ears, nose, mouth, hands, feet by holy unction were shrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
I paid my dues, and shrived me clean, and lived honestly.
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)
"I understand thee, father;—thou hast shrived a penitent?"
From The Bravo by Cooper, James Fenimore
Then I shrived him, and that very morning gave him the Lord's sacred body in the Church of the Sepulchre.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
And thus regally shrived, might I dare Exhale the warm infinite incense of prayer From my deep soul to thine.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy 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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