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Shrovetide

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Shrove·tide  (shrvtd)
n.
The three days, Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
[Middle English schroftide : schrof-, shriving (from schriven, to shrive; see shrive) + tid, time; see tide1.]
Shrovetide [ˈʃrəʊvˌtaɪd]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, formerly a time when confessions were made in preparation for Lent
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Noun1.Shrovetide - immediately preceding Lent
church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar - a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
Mardi Gras, pancake day, Shrove Tuesday - the last day before Lent
Translations
Shrovetide [ˈʃrəʊvtaɪd] N → carnestolendas fpl
Shrovetide
n → Fastnacht f (die drei Tage vor Aschermittwoch)


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This ball was an exceptional affair, given some time before Shrovetide, in honor of the anniversary of the birth of a famous draftsman; and it was expected to be much gayer, noisier, more Bohemian than the ordinary masked ball.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
"And, what is more," said Hordle John, suddenly appearing out of the buttery with the huge board upon which the pastry was rolled, "if either raise sword I shall flatten him like a Shrovetide pancake.
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