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shrieve

1

[ shreev ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. an archaic variant of sheriff.


shrieve

2

[ shreev ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Archaic.
, shrieved, shriev·ing.
  1. an archaic variant of shrive.

shrieve

/ ʃriːv /

noun

  1. an archaic word for sheriff
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Shrieve me never, if I toss not the contents of yon dish into the gods face!

Was he the Father of the village, summoned from his cell to shrieve the dying, bless the dead?

When holy fathers wont to shrieve; Now gynneth this roundelay.

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