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Shrove Tuesday

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

Equivalents

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Examples

“Observe⟳ when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change⟳ on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday”
“The day appointed for this extraordinary hunting-party was Shrove Tuesday. The Protestants of Paisley, in whose neighbourhood this story may be said to have⟳ originated, cannot discern the difference betwixt Shrove Tuesday and any other Tuesday; but if a Roman Catholic Princess, even in our free times, should be invited to a hunting-match on Shrove Tuesday, she would be shocked at the profane invitation.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Shrove-cake Shrovetide shroving shrow Shroyer shrthnd

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