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Shrove Tuesday
/ˈʃrov, ||ˈsrov-/
懺悔日
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Shrove
imp.
of
Shrive
.
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
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Shrove
Tuesday
n
:
the
last
day
before
Lent
[
syn
:
Mardi Gras
,
pancake day
]
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