2. Verb. (past participle of shrieve) ¹
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Definition of Shriven
1. shrive [v] - See also: shrive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shriven
Literary usage of Shriven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER XVI How Sir Gawaine came to the abbey for to follow Galahad^ and how he
was shriven to a hermit. Now, saith the tale, after Sir Gawaine departed, ..."
2. Montezuma's Daughter by Henry Rider Haggard (1893)
"she said,' I will not be shriven by such as you. 1 take my sins to God and not
to you—you who do murder in the name of Christ.' The fanatic heard and a fury ..."
3. A Circuit Rider's Widow by Corra Harris (1916)
"I remember with compassion grown old and gray the anguish of my soul, the awful
fears I had of leaving the life I had lived for this new life, so shriven of ..."
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