shrivingn.
The action of shrive v., shrift: (a) confession; (b) the hearing of confessions.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun]
shriftc1175
wil-shrift?c1225
shrivinga1250
confession1377
fassionc1440
shriftnessc1460
manifestation1657
confessional1816
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > hearing of
shrivinga1250
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 92 Lease swefnes. false schriuinges [?c1225 Cleo. schawunges].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26101 To quam we sal vr scriuing mak.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6448 Who so hath in his felyng The consequence of such shryuyng.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 543 Better a short tale, than a bad long shriuing.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xxi. 81 Those that by this Shriving of persons know much of their Interest or disinterest.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xlix. 192 As for shriving,..there can be no great harm in't.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. i. 238 To the Priest they send her she gives thanks; but needs not any shriving.
1875 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire I. 171 After shriving had gone out of fashion the ringing of the bell [on Shrove Tuesday] was continued.
Compounds
C1. attributive as shriving time.
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1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 48 He should those bearers put to suddaine death, Not shriuing time alow'd.
C2. † shriving cloth n. Obsolete sackcloth worn by penitents.
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society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > penitential garment
hairec825
cilicec950
sackc1000
hauberkc1305
habergeonc1386
sackclotha1400
shirt of hair1527
shriving cloth1534
haircloth1548
sanbenito1568
white sheet1570
penitential robea1625
sack gown1693
samarra1731
hair-shirt1737
repentance-gown1896
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > sackcloth
shriving cloth1534
sackcloth1553
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > garment of
hairec825
cilicec950
sackc1000
hauberkc1305
habergeonc1386
sackclotha1400
shirt of hair1527
shriving cloth1534
haircloth1548
sanbenito1568
white sheet1570
penitential robea1625
sack gown1693
samarra1731
hair-shirt1737
1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 204 An altar cloth made of shryvynge clothes.
†shriving pew n. Obsolete (also shriving seat, shriving stool) a confessional seat.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > confessional > [noun]
shriving pew1487
shrifta1616
confessionary1669
whispering-office1704
confessional1728
box1842
1487–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 130 Item, for naylles for þe schryvyng peawe, ob.
1505 in H. J. Feasey Holy Wk. Cerem. (1897) 97 vj yernes perteynyng to the shryvyng stole for Lenton.
1545 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. (MS) For mendyng of ye Chyrche and makyng of ye schrewyng sett xiiijd.
1548 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael, Cornhill in A. C. Heales Hist. Pews (1872) I. 43 Payd to the Ioyner for takynge downe the Shryuyng pew.
1589–90 in J. C. Cox Churchwardens' Accts. (1913) 193 Payd for mendinge of a pewe called the shrivinge pewe 1s.
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