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Shrovetides

Shrovetides is the plural 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 Shrovetides

What is Shrovetides the plural of?
Shrovetides is the plural of Shrovetide.

Words near Shrovetides in the dictionary

  1. Shrove-tide
  2. shroved
  3. shroves
  4. Shrovetide
  5. Shrovetide football
  6. Shrovetides
  7. shroving
  8. shrow
  9. shrowd
  10. shrowds
  11. shrowed

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