Definition of Shrovetide

1. Noun. Immediately preceding Lent.

Group relationships: Church Calendar, Ecclesiastical Calendar
Generic synonyms: Season
Terms within: Mardi Gras, Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday

Definition of Shrovetide

1. n. The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

Definition of Shrovetide

1. Noun. The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrovetide

Shraddha
Shrapnell
Shrapnell's membrane
Shravas
Shreveport
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury cake
Shrewsbury cakes
Shrimper
Shriner
Shriners
Shrops
Shropshire
Shrove Sunday
Shrove Tuesday
Shrovetide (current term)
Shtokavian
Shua
Shuadit
Shubi
Shudra
Shug
Shuha
Shuha Shinto
Shui Xian
Shuli
Shulman
Shumard oak
Shumard red oak
Shumen

Literary usage of Shrovetide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"The name of Shrovetide was retained in England after the Reformation, although the practice of shriving was abandoned. The duty of confession having been ..."

2. Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Tales and by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)
"Inid, Shrovetide. The Gaelic name is from Lat. Initium, this being the beginning of Lent. It was always reckoned as " The first Tuesday of the Spring Light" ..."

3. Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Tales and by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)
"Inid, Shrovetide. The Gaelic name is from Lat. Initium, this being the beginning of Lent. It was always reckoned as "The first Tuesday of the Spring Light" ..."

4. Northern Mythology: Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and by Benjamin Thorpe (1852)
"Throughout the whole Mark pancakes are baked at Shrovetide. About Altenburg and some places in the Harz, there is no spinning on the eve of Ash Wednesday, ..."

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