† shrivelingn.
Obsolete. rare.
Contemptuous term for: One under spiritual direction.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > person undergoing
penantc1330
repentantc1390
penitenta1425
penancera1500
repenter1543
penitentiary1563
shrift child1568
penitentionary1577
contritea1600
penitencerc1600
confessanta1603
shriveling1603
confitent1606
confessary1608
penitentiala1633
confessionaire1747
mourner1807
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 104 He comforts his holy shriuelings, his ghostly good children, telling them..[etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
<
n.1603