shrieve

English - English

Definition of shrieve in English English dictionary

Alternative form of shrive

He shall shrieve penitent no more.

Alternative form of sheriff

I know him: he was a botcher's 'prentice in Paris, from whence he was whipped for getting the shrieve's fool with child: a dumb innocent that could not say him nay.

To shrive; to question

A sheriff

Etymology

() See sheriff.

Tenses

shrieving, shrieved