Shrovetide
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What is Shrovetide? Shrovetide is the three-day period before the beginning of Lent, which is the season of fasting and penitence that precedes Easter. Shrovetide consists of Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and is the most well-known of the days of Shrovetide due to the tradition of eating pancakes on that day. Shrove Tuesday is sometimes called Pancake Day for this reason.
Etymology
Origin of Shrovetide
First recorded in 1375–1425, Shrovetide is from the late Middle English word shroftyde. See shrove, tide 1
Example Sentences
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The traditional Royal Shrovetide Football match in Derbyshire has been won by the Up'Ards.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2023
Ashbourne is more famous for Shrovetide football - its own chaotic and brutal form of the beautiful game - than international soccer.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2016
Shrovetide: Beauty in Eye of Beholder The beautiful game was, and is not always, beautiful.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2013
An outspoken cleric known for his liberal views calls it a "legal outrage" during Shrovetide week, when church tradition allows and even encourages carnival-like escapades and jokes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2012
The Rev. A. R. Hall, Vicar of the parish, in a lecture delivered some time ago, gave an account of these Shrovetide observances, which made the village famous in its way.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
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