Shrive - Revision history

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-Tthe [[verb]] 'to '''shrive'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> is [[archaic]]. It can be found in the works of [[Shakespeare]] and other [[Early Modern English]] texts, but only rarely in current English - and then largely in writing to do with that earlier time. It refers to the practice of '''confession''' in the [[Roman Catholic]] church. Its meaning seems always to have been dependent on context, and less than precise. It can be used of:
+The [[verb]] 'to '''shrive'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> is [[archaic]]. It can be found in the works of [[Shakespeare]] and other [[Early Modern English]] texts, but only rarely in current English - and then largely in writing to do with that earlier time. It refers to the practice of '''confession''' in the [[Roman Catholic]] church. Its meaning seems always to have been dependent on context, and less than precise. It can be used of:
 *the priest:
 **to mean 'hear the confession of', ''or

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		+	Tthe [[verb]] 'to '''shrive'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> is [[archaic]]. It can be found in the works of [[Shakespeare]] and other [[Early Modern English]] texts, but only rarely in current English - and then largely in writing to do with that earlier time. It refers to the practice of '''confession''' in the [[Roman Catholic]] church. Its meaning seems always to have been dependent on context, and less than precise. It can be used of:
		+	*the priest:
		+	**to mean 'hear the confession of', ''or
		+	**'impose a penance on'.
		+	*of the layman:
		+	**'to be confessed', 'to take confession' or, more generally, 'to go to confession'
		+	**'to receive penance'.
		+	Other than these fairly [[literal]] meanings, various [[figurative]] usages are shown in ''[[OED]]''.
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