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shriven

[ shriv-uhn ]

/ ˈʃrɪv ən /

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verb

a past participle of shrive.

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OTHER WORDS FROM shriven

un·shriv·en, adjective

Words nearby shriven

shrink fit, shrinking violet, shrink-wrap, shrive, shrivel, shriven, Shriver, shroff, shroom, Shropshire, shroud

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How to use shriven in a sentence

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.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
He added in a lower tone, "you've purged me of my sin, my dear—I feel already shriven."
Studies in love and in terror|Marie Belloc Lowndes
He would behave this way, Mr. Carvel, if he were being shriven by the Newgate ordinary before a last carting to Tyburn.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
And of every one of these sins they must be shriven by their priests, and pay a great sum of silver for their penance.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.

Shriven he arose, to do what remained in the west before he could be crowned in Rouen, and crowned in Westminster.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett