shrieve

[ shreev ]

nounArchaic.

an archaic variant of sheriff.

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shrieve²

[ shreev ]

verb (used with or without object),shrieved, shriev·ing.Archaic.

an archaic variant of shrive.

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How to use shrieve in a sentence

shrieve me never, if I toss not the contents of yon dish into the gods face!
The Fair God | Lew Wallace
Was he the Father of the village, summoned from his cell to shrieve the dying, bless the dead?
In the West Country | Francis A. Knight
When holy fathers wont to shrieve; Now gynneth this roundelay.
Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama | Walter W. Greg

British Dictionary definitions for shrieve

shrieve

/ (ʃriːv) /

noun

an archaic word for sheriff

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