shriven

But Arthur's commands none dared question, and the unhappy lady was shriven by her ghostly father, and bound to the fatal stake.

And albeit first the said Count demanded with cries to be shriven; yet did they not grant him a friar or a priest to confess him.

They crept into the churches where the trembling people were blessed and shriven by the trembling priests.

Confess to its perfection, and be shriven Of any thought less fair.