shriveverb [ T ]
/ʃraɪv//ʃraɪv/present participle shriving, past tense shrove, past participle shriven old use(of a priest) to listen to someone's confession about what they have done wrong, and offer forgiveness:
On Shrove Tuesday, everyone was summoned to church to be shriven before the start of Lent the following day, Ash Wednesday.