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Shrove Tuesday

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *scrāf✻

Definitions

  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-tuesday

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