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shrovetide

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Shrove⋅tide

  [shrohv-tahyd]
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–noun
the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME shroftyde. See shrove, tide 1
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Shrove·tide   (shrōv'tīd')   
n.  The three days, Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

[Middle English schroftide : schrof-, shriving (from schriven, to shrive; see shrive) + tid, time; see tide1.]
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