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Shrovetide
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Shrovetide has 1 sense
- shrovetide(n = noun.time) Array - immediately preceding Lent; Array is a part of church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar
is a kind of season
has parts: mardi gras, pancake day, shrove tuesday
CIDE DICTIONARY
Shrovetide, n. [From shrive to take a confession (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scrāf) + tide.].
The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Shrovetide, n. Shrove Tuesday and the two days preceding it when it was formerly customary to be shriven.
Etymology
ME shrove abnormally f. SHROVE
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