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Definition of shrieving in English English dictionary
- shrieve
- Alternative form of shrive
He shall shrieve penitent no more.
- shrieve
- 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.
- shrieve
- To shrive; to question
- shrieve
- A sheriff