shrive
verb[T]
old useuk/ʃraɪv/us/ʃraɪv/present participleshriving|past tenseshrove|past participleshriven(of apriest) tolistento someone'sconfessionabout what they have donewrong, andofferforgiveness:
(司铎)听忏悔后赦免…的罪On ShroveTuesday, everyone wassummonedtochurchto be shriven before thestartofLentthefollowingday, AshWednesday.在忏悔星期二,每个人都被召集到教堂,在第二天也就是圣灰星期三、大斋节首日开始前忏悔。
Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
- absolution
- absolve
- cleanse
- confess
- confession
- deliverance
- grace
- redeem
- redemption
- redemptive
- remission
- salvation