Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A past participle of shrive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
shrive .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
shrive - verb Past participle of
shrieve
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Examples
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"shriven" or absolved from their sins, so they were able to start Lent feeling clean of spirit.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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"shriven" or absolved from their sins, so they were able to start Lent feeling clean of spirit.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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"shriven" or absolved from their sins, so they were able to start Lent feeling clean of spirit.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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"shriven" or absolved from their sins, so they were able to start Lent feeling clean of spirit.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Based upon the total recompensation package received by all Workers, including those who were not Outsourced, Downsized, or Pension-shriven.
Are Workers Getting Good Jobs?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And some may think they can later repent and be shriven, and God will forgive them.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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'I'm confessed and shriven of all manner of follies,' said Elis sturdily, 'that among them.
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And some may think they can later repent and be shriven, and God will forgive them.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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And some may think they can later repent and be shriven, and God will forgive them.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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We watched Lev Grossman whose novel, The Magicians, came out today--go buy it--and who wrote a very funny blog entry about WorldCon get shriven by Larry Niven.
worldcon, part 2 Megan Kurashige 2009
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