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earshrift

earshrift noun: auricular confession; shrift.

Noun

earshrift (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, obsolete, rare) auricular confession; shrift
    • In this earshrift (auricular confession) are wrought their malicious mysteries. In it the poor simple creatures are taught to delight in ignorance, and to beware of the reading or hearing of the Scripture in the English tongue, contrary to Christ.1827, Henry Soames, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England

Origin of earshrift

From ear + shrift.

Questions about earshrift

What does earshrift mean?
Earshrift means auricular confession; shrift.
What part of speech is earshrift?
Earshrift is a noun.

Words near earshrift in the dictionary

  1. earshes
  2. earshoot
  3. earshoots
  4. earshot
  5. earshots
  6. earshrift
  7. earsies
  8. earsore
  9. earsores
  10. earsplitting
  11. earsplittingly

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