Shrovetide

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Shrovetide

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From shrove + -tide.

noun Shrovetides

The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Similar: fastens, fasterns-een, fastgang-tide

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noun period of three days

Español	carnestolendas
Português	entrudo
Deutsch	Fastnachtszeit, Fastnacht, Fasching, Karneval
Русский	ма́сленица máslenica, ма́сленая неде́ля máslenaja nedélja

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@misc{shrovetide_2026,
  title = {Shrovetide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shrovetide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}