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Shrive

To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

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Forgive 76% connected

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

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Absolution 74% connected

An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

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Absolution 74% connected

An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

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Absolver 74% connected

One who absolves.

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Absolver 74% connected

One who absolves.

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Absolve 92% connected

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt…

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Ablution noun · 78% connection

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as…

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Absolvatory adjective · 78% connection

Conferring absolution; absolutory.

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Administer verb · 78% connection

To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.

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Admission noun · 78% connection

Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes pri…

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Affiliate verb · 78% connection

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

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Agency noun · 78% connection

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of anot…

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Agent noun · 78% connection

An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a p…

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Assoilment noun · 78% connection

Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.

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Auricular adjective · 78% connection

Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.

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Bottomry noun · 78% connection

A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…

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Confess verb · 78% connection

To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.

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Confession noun · 78% connection

The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

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Confessional noun · 78% connection

The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the pr…

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Confessionalist noun · 78% connection

A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.

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Confessor noun · 78% connection

A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

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Cure noun · 78% connection

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish…

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Drink verb · 78% connection

To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

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Entertain verb · 78% connection

To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.

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