'Shrove Tuesday' definitions:
Definition of 'Shrove Tuesday'
(from WordNet)
noun
The last day before Lent [syn: Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, pancake day]
Definition of 'Shrove Tuesday'
From: GCIDE
- Shrove \Shrove\, imp. of Shrive. [1913 Webster]
- Shrove Sunday, Quinguagesima Sunday.
- Shrove Tuesday, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.
- Note: It was formerly customary in England, on this day, for the people to confess their sins to their parish priests, after which they dined on pancakes, or fritters, and the occasion became one of merriment. The bell rung on this day is popularly called Pancake Bell, and the day itself Pancake Tuesday. --P. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Shrove Tuesday'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Advent,
- Allhallowmas,
- Allhallows,
- Allhallowtide,
- Annunciation,
- Annunciation Day,
- Ascension Day,
- Ash Wednesday,
- Candlemas,
- Candlemas Day,
- Carnival,
- Christmas,
- Corpus Christi,
- Easter,
- Easter Monday,
- Easter Saturday,
- Easter Sunday,
- Eastertide,
- Ember days,
- Epiphany,
- Good Friday,
- Halloween,
- Hallowmas,
- Holy Thursday,
- Holy Week,
- Lady Day,
- Lammas,
- Lammas Day,
- Lammastide,
- Lent,
- Lententide,
- Mardi Gras,
- Martinmas,
- Maundy Thursday,
- Michaelmas,
- Michaelmas Day,
- Michaelmastide,
- Palm Sunday,
- Pancake Day,
- Passion Week,
- Pentecost,
- Quadragesima,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Septuagesima,
- Trinity Sunday,
- Twelfth-day,
- Twelfth-tide,
- Whit-Tuesday,
- White Sunday,
- Whitmonday,
- Whitsun,
- Whitsunday,
- Whitsuntide,
- Whitweek