Re: CHAT: Shrive (was CHAT: Return of the Sal)

Raymond Brown wrote:

> I think the active 'shrive' (present) & 'shrove' (past) are now quite
> obsolete (tho I'd be happy to be be proved wrong  :)
So you think "The priest shrived the criminal" is obsolete, and needs
to be replaced with "The priest administered the sacrament of confession
to the criminal", or some such?

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