Earshrift

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    auricular confession; shrift colloquial, obsolete, rare, uncountable

    "In this earshrift (auricular confession) are wrought their malicious mysteries. In it the poor simple creatures are taught to delight in ignorance, and to beware of the reading or hearing of the Scripture in the English tongue, contrary to Christ."

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"In this earshrift (auricular confession) are wrought their malicious mysteries. In it the poor simple creatures are taught to delight in ignorance, and to beware of the reading or hearing of the Scripture in the English tongue, contrary to Christ."

Etymology

From ear + shrift.

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