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Definition of Shrieve
1. n. A sheriff.
2. v. t. To shrive; to question.
Definition of Shrieve
1. Noun. (obsolete) (alternative form of sheriff) ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) (alternative form of shrive) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shrieve
1. to shrive [v SHRIEVED, SHRIEVING, SHRIEVES] - See also: shrive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieve
Literary usage of Shrieve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by William Powell Mason (1828)
"shrieve el al. on the first September 1823, was duly proved and approved ; a copy of
... It is agreed that the said Anna shrieve one of the defendants is in ..."
2. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"Blackford, having paid for the ten acres which he bought from Conner, filed a
bill in chancery against Hanly, shrieve, Conner, and Jefferson Rice, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by William Powell Mason (1828)
"shrieve el al. on the first September 1823, was duly proved and approved ; a copy of
... It is agreed that the said Anna shrieve one of the defendants is in ..."
4. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"Blackford, having paid for the ten acres which he bought from Conner, filed a
bill in chancery against Hanly, shrieve, Conner, and Jefferson Rice, ..."
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