Usually means: Confession heard by a priest.
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  1. Earshrift: Dictionary.com
  2. Earshrift: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  3. earshrift: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  4. Earshrift: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  5. earshrift: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Earshrift: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. earshrift: Wordnik
  8. earshrift: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  (obsolete, rare, colloquial) auricular confession; shrift

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arrish, confessary, affrayment, requietory, recordance, advowtry, avowry, avouch, avow, undersheriffry, more...

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arrish, confessary, affrayment, requietory, recordance, advowtry, avowry, avouch, avow, undersheriffry, more...



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