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Definition of Shrovetide
1. Noun. Immediately preceding Lent.
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
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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