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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday noun: the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

Noun

Shrove Tuesday (plural Shrove Tuesdays)

  1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
    • Observe when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday1712, Erra Pater, A Prognostication for Ever, Made by Erra Pater, page 7
    • The day appointed for this extraordinary hunting-party was Shrove Tuesday. The Protestants of Paisley, in whose neighbourhood this story may be said to have originated, cannot discern the difference betwixt Shrove Tuesday and any other Tuesday; but if a Roman Catholic Princess, even in our free...1779, David Dalyrymple, Annals of Scotland From the Accenssion of Robert I, page 283

Shrove Tuesday meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

Shrove Tuesday in Arabic

day before the beginning of Lent
الثلاثاء البدين, ثلاثاء المرافع, يوم البان كيك هي

Shrove Tuesday in Indonesian

day before the beginning of Lent
Selasa Gemuk

Shrove Tuesday in Persian

day before the beginning of Lent
سهشنبه اعتراف

Synonyms of Shrove Tuesday

All synonyms of Shrove Tuesday

Forms of Shrove Tuesday

pluralShrove Tuesdays

Origin of Shrove Tuesday

The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.

Questions about Shrove Tuesday

What does Shrove Tuesday mean?
Shrove Tuesday means the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
What is Shrove Tuesday in Arabic?
Shrove Tuesday in Arabic is الثلاثاء البدين, ثلاثاء المرافع, يوم البان كيك هي. See Shrove Tuesday meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Shrove Tuesday?
Shrove Tuesday is a noun.
What is the plural of Shrove Tuesday?
The plural of Shrove Tuesday is Shrove Tuesdays.

Words near Shrove Tuesday in the dictionary

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

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