English Explanatory Dictionary

shriving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of shrive
noun
  1. The hearing of a confession of sins.

Word forms

shriving shrivings

Etymology

From Middle English shryvyng; equivalent to shrive + -ing.

Derived words

shriving-time
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary