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ˈshriving, vbl. n.
[f. shrive v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb shrive, shrift: a. Confession; b. the hearing of confessions.
a1225Ancr. R. 268 Lease swefnes, & false scheauwinges [MS. T schriuinges]. a1300Cursor M. 26101 To quam we sal vr scriuing mak. c1400Rom. Rose 6448 Who so hath in his felyng The consequence of such shryuyng. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 543 Better a short tale, than a bad long shriuing. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xxi. 81 Those that by this Shriving of persons know much of their Interest or disinterest. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. xlix. 192 As for shriving,..there can be no great harm in't. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iv. i, To the Priest they send her she gives thanks; but needs not any shriving. 1875J. C. Cox Churches Derbysh. I. 171 After shriving had gone out of fashion the ringing of the bell [on Shrove Tuesday] was continued.
c. attrib. as shriving time; † shriving cloth, sackcloth worn by penitents; † shriving pew, seat, stool, a confessional.
1487–8Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1904) 130 For naylles for þe schryvyng peawe. 1505in H. J. Feasey Holy Wk. Cerem. (1897) 97 vj yernes perteynyng to the shryvyng stole for Lenton. 1534Engl. Ch. Furniture (1866) 204 An altar cloth made of shryvynge clothes. 1545Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. (MS.) For mendyng of ye Chyrche and makyng of ye schrewyng sett xiiijd. 1589–90in J. C. Cox Churchw. Acc. (1913) 193 Payd for mendinge of a pewe called the shrivinge pewe 1s. 1602Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 47 He should the bearers put to sodaine death, Not shriuing time allowed. |