Shrove Tues‧day /ˌʃrəʊv ˈtjuːzdi, -deɪ $ ˌʃroʊv ˈtuːz-/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Shrove from shrive (of a Christian priest) 'to hear and forgive someone's sins' (11-21 centuries), from Old English scrifan; ⇒ shrift]
the day before the first day of the Christian period of Lent, when people in Britain traditionally eat
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