单词 | Shrovetide |
释义 | Shrove·tide ![]() n. The three days, Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday. [Middle English schroftide : schrof-, shriving (from schriven, to shrive; see SHRIVE) + tid, time; see TIDE1 (so called because in medieval times it was customary for Christians to confess and be shriven in the week before Lent).] |
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