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