shrove /shrōv/ pat of shrive

Shrove /shrōv/

Shrovetide

shrove intransitive verb (obsolete)

To celebrate Shrovetide (go a-shroving, to go round singing for money at Shrovetide)

Shroveˈtide noun

The three days preceding Ash Wednesday

Shrove Tuesday noun

The day before Ash Wednesday

shrive /shrīv/, also (after Spenser) shrieve /shrēv/ (RC church)

1. To hear a confession from, impose a penance on and give absolution to
2. To confess
3. To disburden by confession or otherwise

To receive or make confession

shrīˈver noun

A confessor

shrīˈving noun (Spenser)

Shrift

shrīˈving-time noun (Shakespeare)

Time for confession

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