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Definition of Shrieving
1. shrieve [v] - See also: shrieve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieving
Literary usage of Shrieving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... without hearing Masse, or shrieving, and many die without Baptisme. As touching
their bodies, their labours are immoderate and ..."
2. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1906)
"... without hearing Masse, or shrieving, and many die without Baptisme. As touching
their bodies, their labours are immoderate and perpetuall by night and ..."
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