Shrove Tuesday
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What is Shrove Tuesday? Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday in some Christian traditions. It is the last day of Shrovetide, the three-day period before the beginning of Lent, which is the season of fasting and penitence that precedes Easter. Shrovetide also includes Shrove Sunday and Shrove Monday. Shrove Tuesday is sometimes called Pancake Day due to the tradition of eating pancakes on that day. The day before Ash Wednesday can also be called Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday).
Etymology
Origin of Shrove Tuesday
First recorded in 1490–1500
Example Sentences
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At Ashbourne on Shrove-Tuesday thousands join in the game, the origin of which is lost in the mists of antiquity.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Sappho and Phaon, a Comedy, played before the queen on Shrove-Tuesday, by the children of Paul's, and afterwards at Black-Fryars, printed in Twelves, London 1632.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Cibber, Theophilus
There is nothing daunts her so much as the Approach of Shrove-Tuesday; for she's more afraid of the Mob, than a Debtor of a Serjeant, Or a Bayliff in an Inns of Court.
From The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women by Anonymous
The evening before Shrove-Tuesday the newly created minister was sitting in his palace; he was thoughtful, and seemed to be awaiting the arrival of someone.
From Count Br?hl by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
You woke me up at the very moment when, Shrove-Tide succumbing to the blows of Shrove-Tuesday, I was on the point of eating both the vanquished and the vanquisher!
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène
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