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Definition of Shrift

Shrift
Shrift Shrift, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr. scr[=i]fan to shrive. See Shrive.] 1. The act of shriving. In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer. 2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it. --Chaucer. Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak. Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift, And be yourself; for you must die this instant. --Rowe. Shrift father, a priest to whom confession is made.

Meaning of Shrift from wikipedia

- Look up shrift in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shrift may refer to: Confession Absolution Shrift (band), a band with vocalist Nina Miranda This disambiguation...
- pryamoy shrift ("upright type") – compare with Normalschrift ("regular type") in German Italic type is called kursiv ("cursive") or kursivniy shrift ("cursive...
- Shrift was a collaboration between former Smoke City vocalist Nina Miranda and producer Dennis Wheatley. Their debut release, Lost In A Moment, brought...
- on "short shrift", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "short shrift" You can also: Search for Short shrift in Wikipedia...
- typically referred to as (ру́сский) рукопи́сный шрифт (rússky) rukopísny shrift, "(Russian) handwritten font". It is the handwritten form of the modern...
- only in inflected forms occurring only as part of fixed phrases: 'shrift' in "short shrift" and 'shrove' in "Shrove Tuesday" span and ****k, as in "****k...
- Brazilian singer and songwriter who was a member of English bands Smoke City, Shrift and Zeep. Miranda was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Her mother is...
- and the yuses, in the Civil Script of 1708 (Peter the Great's Grazhdansky Shrift), and it has also been dropped from other secular languages. It continues...
- Hannity "leaned more heavily on stories he believed were being given short shrift by the 'liberal media' – stories about where Obama was born, and who deserved...
- Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre's production of Robert Boswell's The Long Shrift, directed by close friend James Franco. The play also starred Ahna O'Reilly...