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Shroftide

Shroftide is the obsolete form of Shrovetide.

Meaning of Shrovetide

Noun

Shrovetide (plural Shrovetides)

  1. The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
    Synonyms:
    fastens, fasterns-een, fastgang-tide

Questions about Shroftide

What is Shroftide the obsolete form of?
Shroftide is the obsolete form of Shrovetide.

Words near Shroftide in the dictionary

  1. shroff
  2. shroffage
  3. shroffed
  4. shroffing
  5. shroffs
  6. Shroftide
  7. shrog
  8. shrogs
  9. shroom
  10. shroomed
  11. shroomer

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