Shrove Tuesday

Variant of Shrovetide

Shrovetide definition

Shrove·tide (s̸hrōv′tīd′)

noun

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

Etymology: ME schroffetide < shriven, to shrive + tide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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