Shrove Tuesday
Meanings
noun
- The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
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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.
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