If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.
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Shrive
//ˈʃɹaɪv//
Synonyms for "shrive" (44 found)
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8 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- изповядвам verb (hear or receive a confession)
Czech
1 entries- vyzpovídat verb (hear or receive a confession)
German
4 entries- die Absolution erteilen verb (prescribe penance or absolution)
- die Beichte abnehmen verb (hear or receive a confession)
- die Vergebung der Sünden gewähren verb (prescribe penance or absolution)
- eine Buße auferlegen verb (prescribe penance or absolution)
Polish
2 entries- spowiadać verb (hear or receive a confession)
- wyspowiadać verb (hear or receive a confession)
Sample sentences
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Doubtless he shrives this woman, […] / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
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I will not madly deem that power Of Earth may shrive me of the sin Unearthly pride hath revell’d in— […]
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My sins as scarlet are; let me go hence, / And in some cloister's school of penitence, / Across those stones, that pave the way to heaven, / Walk barefoot, till my guilty soul is shriven!
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