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Definition of Shrove
1. v. i. To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
Definition of Shrove
1. Verb. (simple past of shrive) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shrove
1. shrive [v] - See also: shrive
Medical Definition of Shrove
1. Of Shrive. Shrove Sunday, Quinguagesima Sunday. Shrove Tuesday, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday. It was formerly customary in England, on this day, for the people to confess their sins to their parish priests, after which they dined on pancakes, or fritters, and the occasion became one of merriment. The bell rung on this day is popularly called Pancake Bell, and the day itself Pancake Tuesday. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrove
Literary usage of Shrove
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"COLLOP, OR shrove MONDAY. IN the North of England, the Monday preceding shrove
Tuesday, ov Pancake Tuesday, is called Collop Monday. ..."
2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"groome, called shrove Tuesday, one whose manners show he is better fed than
taught, and indeed he is the only monster for feeding amongst all the dayes of ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"shrove tide or confession tide comprised a whole week in some countries. ...
shrove tide soon became a season of feasting and merriment, especially shrove ..."
4. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"COLLOP OR shrove MONDAY. IN the North of England the Monday preceding shrove
Tuesday, 01 Pancake Tuesday, is called Collop Monday : eggs and collops compose ..."
5. Craignish Tales and Others by Archibald Campbell (1889)
"The early shrove-tide, over all feasts, Hard times for a glutton come after it.
... The Feast of shrove-tide regulated all the feasts that followed it, ..."
6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"The sb. shrove is formed from shrove, 2nd grade of shrive (ME ... shrove-tide,
shrove-Tuesday. Shrub (i), a low dwarf tree. (E.) ME schrob. ..."
7. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"shrove tide or confession tide comprised a whole week in some countries. ...
shrove tide soon became a season of feasting and merriment, especially shrove ..."
8. Catalogue of books printed for private circulation by Bertram Dobell (1906)
"A Collection of Poema presented annually by the Butler of Brasenose College on
shrove Tuesday [motto from Theocritus] 12mo, pp. ..."
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