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Shrovetide

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Noun
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Shrove=tide

CIDE DICTIONARY

Shrovetiden. [From shrive to take a confession (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scrāf) + tide.].
     The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Shrovetide, n. Shrove Tuesday and the two days preceding it when it was formerly customary to be shriven.

Etymology
ME shrove abnormally f. SHROVE

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