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SHROVETIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immediately preceding Lent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Shrovetide" is a kind of...):
season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)
Meronyms (parts of "Shrovetide"):
Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras; pancake day; Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent)
Holonyms ("Shrovetide" is a part of...):
church calendar; ecclesiastical calendar (a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals)
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