Found 2 hits - Term: shrove sunday, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
shrive shrove sunday shrove tuesday
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quinquagesima \quin`quages"ima\, a. l., fr. quinquagesimus
the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. see
five.
fiftieth.
1913 webster
quinquagesima sunday, the sunday which is the fiftieth day
before easter, both days being included in the reckoning;
-- called also shrove sunday.
1913 webster
see also:
five quinquagesima sunday shrove sunday
Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about shrove sunday: Shrove
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Shrove, definition of term: Shrove
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Sunday, definition of term: Sunday
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Trinity Sunday, definition of term: Trinity Sunday
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Passion Sunday, definition of term: Passion Sunday
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Palm Sunday, definition of term: Palm Sunday
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