Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday.
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Shrove
/ʃɹəʊv/
Synonyms for "shrove" (6 found)
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2 entriespast participle adjectivereligious verb
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5 entriesCollocations
10 entriesShrove Tuesdayconfess sinsgrant absolutionhear confessionspenitent shrivenpenitential ritereligious practiceshriven statusshriving ritualshrove penitent
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4 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
We eat pancakes on shrove Tuesday.
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Servant, your counsel's excellent good, And shall be follow'd, 'twill be rarely strange To see him stated thus, as though he went A shroving through the City
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