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Webster 1913 Edition
Shrovetide
Shrove′tideˊ
,Noun.
[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.
Definition 2025
Shrovetide
Shrovetide
English
Noun
Shrovetide (plural Shrovetides)
- The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Synonyms
- fastens
- fasterns-een
- fastgang-tide
Translations
period of three days
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