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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scrift, from scrifan to shrive — more at shrive Date: before 12th century 1. archaic a. a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of reconciliation b. the act of shriving ; confession 2. obsolete confessional ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. archaic 1 confession to a priest. 2 confession and absolution. Phrases and idioms short shrift 1 curt treatment. 2 archaic little time between condemnation and execution or punishment. Etymology: OE scrift (verbal noun) f. SHRIVE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. исповедь to make one's shrift —- исповедаться to hear a shrift —- исповедать 2. уст. отпущение грехов ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. scrift "confession to priest, followed by penance and absolution," verbal noun from scrifan "to shrive" (see shrive). Short shrift was originally the brief time for a condemned criminal to confess before execution (1594), figurative extension to "give little or no consideration" is first attested 1814. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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