Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete)A confessor; a priest who hears confessions.

Origin

From shrift + father.

From shrift + father.

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Forms

plural: shriftfathers
Singularshriftfather
Pluralshriftfathers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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