Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of shriving.
- noun Confession to a priest.
- noun Absolution given by a priest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To confess and absolve; shrive.
- noun The penitential act of confession to a priest, especially in the case of a dying penitent.
- noun Absolution received after confession; pardon.
- noun The priestly act of confessing and absolving a penitent.
- noun Figuratively, in strict confidence; as if in confession.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of shriving.
- noun Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
- noun a priest to whom confession is made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of going to or hearing a religious
confession . - noun
Confession to apriest . - noun obsolete
Forgiveness given by apriest afterconfession ;remission .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of being shriven
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But in short shrift, that may not matter any longer.
Sharmine Narwani: Kill the "Peace Game" Sharmine Narwani 2011
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In a way, this weirdly understates the severity of institutional racism in the United States, since it implies that there were all these qualified minority jurists who were getting short shrift from the Oval Office.
Standing Pat 2009
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But in short shrift, that may not matter any longer.
Sharmine Narwani: Kill the "Peace Game" Sharmine Narwani 2011
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Barberio (Moncton) and Southorn (Prince Edward Island) are a pair of Quebec Leaguers who play for clubs out in the Maritimes and get short shrift from the scouting community at large.
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Then in short shrift within a year or so in the US Senate, he has decided he wants to be President.
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Roberts is one of the current generation of female singers, who are still getting short shrift from the inherently sexist country radio format.
That Shuffleathon « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2007
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IIRC, in both cases she wrote opinions which supported the lower court without addressing the major issues at debate, in short shrift memos.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor Rejects “Empathy” Standard for Judging: 2009
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For now it is focusing on music, movies, online video, and, in short shrift, TV.
Jerry Weinstein: First Look at Peter Gabriel's The Filter: A Discovery Engine for All Things 2008
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For now it is focusing on music, movies, online video, and, in short shrift, TV.
First Look at Peter Gabriel's The Filter: A Discovery Engine for All Things 2008
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But in short shrift, that may not matter any longer.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sharmine Narwani 2011
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