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shrive

 (v): grant remission of a sin to
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7 months ago Misterpolly said:

Found also as "shrieve" in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
`O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man !'
The Hermit crossed his brow.
`Say quick,' quoth he, `I bid thee say--
What manner of man art thou ?'

Shrove Tuesday - the day before Ash Wednesday (before the Lenten period)

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