shrieve
1 Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
Example Sentences
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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.
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)
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
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
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