Crossword-Solution: SHRIVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shrive | v. t. | To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent. |
| Shrive | v. t. | To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. |
| Shrive | v. i. | To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHRIVE | anagram | SHIVER |
We have 9 clues for the answer “SHRIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Absolve a sinner. | 1 answer |
| Confess and obtain absolution | 1 answer |
| Confess to a priest | 1 answer |
| Give absolution. | 1 answer |
| Pardon, old style. | 2 answers |
| Free from guilt | 5 answers |
| assoil | 15 answers |
| absolve | 45 answers |
| Pardon | 79 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHRIVE (5)
And for all who have fallen -- Even for him -- I hold no malice, Nor much compassion: a mightier mercy Than mine must shrive him.
DAYLIGHT HUMORS THIS IS ANOTHER DAY I AM mine own priest, and I shrive myself Of all my wasted yesterdays.
Manfred, who hoped by the confessor’s means to come at the youth’s history, readily granted his request; and being convinced that Father Jerome was now in his interest, he ordered him to be called and shrive the prisoner.
And therefore, when they will shrive them, they take fire and set it beside them, and cast therein powder of frankincense; and in the smoke thereof they shrive them to God, and cry him mercy.
For they will first shrive them and mark them with the token of the holy cross, so that the fiends ne have no power over them.
Quotes with SHRIVE (1)
During his time with the French army, years before, one of the sergeants had explained to the younger mercenaries the trick of falling asleep the night before a battle. "Make yourself comfortable, examine your conscience, and make a good Act of Contrition. Father Hugo says that in time of war, even if there is no priest to shrive you, your sins can be forgiven this way. Since you cannot commit sins while asleep--not even you, Simenon!--you will awake in a state of grace, read…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1942–1999).