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Complete Definition of "shrift"

English

Pronunciation
(US) IPA|/�rɪft/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪft|-ɪft

Noun
en-noun

  1. The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
  2. Confession to a priest.
  3. obsolete Forgiveness given by a priest after confession.

#* circa 1594 CE: William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
#*: (Friar:) Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. / Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.

Related terms
shrive
short shrift

Translations
trans-top|confession to a priest
Finnish: t-|fi|rippi, t|fi|ripittäytyminen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Category:Christianity

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