shrieve
1 Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
Example Sentences
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I say I must, for I am the king's shrieve.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
He’ll shrieve my soul, he’ll wash away The Albatross’s blood.”
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Why, master Murley, you shall be a Knight: Were you not in election to be shrieve?
From Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
From shrieve to shrieve send him to Nottingham, Where Warman, by our patent, is high shrieve.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
When holy fathers wont to shrieve; Now gynneth this roundelay.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
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