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Shrove Sunday

Shrove Sunday noun: the Sunday preceding Lent.

Noun

Shrove Sunday (plural Shrove Sundays)

  1. The Sunday preceding Lent.

Forms of Shrove Sunday

pluralShrove Sundays

Questions about Shrove Sunday

What does Shrove Sunday mean?
Shrove Sunday means the Sunday preceding Lent.
What part of speech is Shrove Sunday?
Shrove Sunday is a noun.
What is the plural of Shrove Sunday?
The plural of Shrove Sunday is Shrove Sundays.

Words near Shrove Sunday in the dictionary

  1. Shrout
  2. Shrouts
  3. shrove
  4. Shrove Monday
  5. Shrove Mondays
  6. Shrove Sunday
  7. Shrove Sundays
  8. Shrove Tuesday
  9. Shrove Tuesdays
  10. Shrove-cake
  11. Shrove-cakes

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