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Shrovetide

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Noun

1. shrovetide

immediately preceding Lent

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Shrovetide

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noun
the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, formerly a time when confessions were made in preparation for Lent

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Shrovetide

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noun
Obsolete
the time, esp. the Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday: cf. Mardi Gras), just before Ash Wednesday
so called from the custom of preparing for Lent by sacramental confession esp. during this period

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Shrovetide

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n.
The three days, Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

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