"shriftfather" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "shrift + father",
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  "etymology_text": "From shrift + father.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shriftfathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A confessor; a priest who hears confessions."
      ],
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          "confessor",
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        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
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          "confession",
          "confession"
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        "(obsolete) A confessor; a priest who hears confessions."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "shriftfather"
}

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        "2": "shrift",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From shrift + father.",
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    {
      "form": "shriftfathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A confessor; a priest who hears confessions."
      ],
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          "priest",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(obsolete) A confessor; a priest who hears confessions."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shriftfather"
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