unshrivenadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈʃrɪvn/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃrɪvən/ (un- prefix1 2b.)
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [adjective] > having received > not
unshriven?c1225
unshrivel1340
unassoiledc1450
unconfessed1607
irreconcileda1616
unshrived1812
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 234 Metelleð..of an oðer þet..deide þrof unschriuen.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23122 Vn-scriuen war þai at þair end, Bot deied in dedli sin.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 181 For on dedly synne vnschreuyn þou schalt be dampnyd.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 100 He may do..mony venyall synnys vnshryuen.
c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. C.ii Though all her parysshe dye vnshriue.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake iii. xvii. 301 Sires, in dread of sins unshriven.
1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman i. 9 Thoughts, which..would have gone..down to hell, unblest, unshriven.
1858 W. Allingham Fifty Mod. Poems (1865) 46 Though living unpriested and dying unshriven.
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