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Shrovetide
Shrove·tide S0376700 (shrōv′tīd′)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).]Shrovetide (ˈʃrəʊvˌtaɪd) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, formerly a time when confessions were made in preparation for LentShrove•tide (ˈʃroʊvˌtaɪd)
n. the three days before Ash Wednesday. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Shrovetide - immediately preceding Lentchurch calendar, ecclesiastical calendar - a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivalsseason - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"Mardi Gras, pancake day, Shrove Tuesday - the last day before Lent |
Translationsshrove (ʃrouv) : Shrove ˈSunday noun the first day of Shrovetide. 懺悔星期日 忏悔星期日Shrove ˈTuesday noun the last day of Shrovetide, when people traditionally eat pancakes. 懺悔星期二(習俗中當天大家會吃鬆餅) 忏悔星期二ˈShrovetide noun the three days before Ash Wednesday. 懺悔節 忏悔节Shrovetide
ShrovetideShrovetide is another name for Carnival. While Carnival offers people an opportunity to eat rich foods and celebrate with abandon before beginning the solemn season of Lent, the old-fashioned English word "Shrovetide" calls to mind the religious duties once associated with this time of year. In past times people sought out priests during the last several days of Carnival in order to make formal confessions of their sins and to receive absolution, or forgiveness. The word "shrove" is an archaic English word meaning "wrote." In medieval times after a priest heard a confession he frequently wrote out a prescription for an appropriate penance, that is, a series of religious rituals that expressed a person's remorse for his or her errors and inspired renewed devotion (for more on penance, see Repentance). After going through this process of making confession, receiving penance, and accepting absolution, a person was said to be "shriven" of their sins. Hence the last several days of Carnival, when priests shrove their parishioners of their sins, were dubbed Shrovetide.
In some places Shrovetide began on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It ended on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. People called this day Shrove Tuesday because it was the last day to confess one's sins before the start of Lent. In other places Shrovetide lasted longer, beginning on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, sometimes called "Fat Thursday." Shrovetide coincides with the last few days of pre-Lent. This three-week period of preparation for Lent is no longer observed by most Western Christians, that is, Roman Catholics and Protestants, but is still acknowledged by Eastern Christians, that is, those Christians whose traditions of worship originated in eastern Europe, the Middle East, and north Africa.
Further Reading
Blackburn, Bonnie, and Leofranc Holford-Strevens. The Oxford Companion to the Year. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1999. Metford, J. C. J. The Christian Year. London, England: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Shrovetide (Norway) (Fastelavn)Between February 3 and March 9; Sunday before Ash WednesdayFormerly observed on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, Fastelavn, or Shrove Sunday, is a holiday that Norwegian children anticipate eagerly. They rise at dawn and, armed with fastelavnsris (decorated birch or evergreen branches), they go from room to room and strike with their branches anyone who is still in bed. The children receive a hot cross bun for every victim they spank.
The fastelavnsris can be quite elaborate, often decorated with tinsel and paper streamers or brightly colored paper roses. Sometimes a doll with stiff, full skirts is tied to the topmost branch. The curious custom of switching with branches may be traced to an ancient pagan rite heralding the fruitfulness of spring.
SOURCES:
BkFest-1937, p. 249
FestWestEur-1958, p. 151
Celebrated in: Norway Shrovetide
Words related to Shrovetidenoun immediately preceding LentRelated Words- church calendar
- ecclesiastical calendar
- season
- Mardi Gras
- pancake day
- Shrove Tuesday
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