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SHROVE TUESDAY

• SHROVE TUESDAY (noun)
The noun SHROVE TUESDAY has 1 sense:

1. the last day before Lent

Familiarity information: SHROVE TUESDAY used as a noun is very rare.

• SHROVE TUESDAY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The last day before Lent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Mardi Gras; pancake day; Shrove Tuesday

Hypernyms ("Shrove Tuesday" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Holonyms ("Shrove Tuesday" is a part of...):

Shrovetide (immediately preceding Lent)

"All things come to he who waits."
(English proverb)
"A good friend is recognized in times of trouble"
(Bulgarian proverb)
"A bite from a lion is better the look of envy."
(Arabic proverb)
"God's mills mill slowly, but surely."
(Czech proverb)

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