Etymology

shriving

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Middle English schryvynge
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromschryvynge
  2. English todayshriving

From Middle English schryvynge; equivalent to shrive + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.