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PRONUNCIATION OF SHROVETIDE

Shrovetide  [ˈʃrəʊvˌtaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHROVETIDE

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Shrovetide is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHROVETIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shrovetide

Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday is a day in February or March, preceding Ash Wednesday, which is celebrated in many countries by consuming pancakes. Shrove Tuesday, a moveable feast, is determined by Easter. The expression "Shrove Tuesday" comes from the word shrive, meaning "confess". Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics, who "make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God's help in dealing with." Being the last day before the penitential season of Lent, related popular practices, such as indulging in food that one sacrifices for the upcoming forty days, are associated with Shrove Tuesday celebrations, before commencing the fasting and religious obligations associated with Lent. The term Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday.

Definition of Shrovetide in the English dictionary

The definition of Shrovetide in the dictionary is the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, formerly a time when confessions were made in preparation for Lent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHROVETIDE


Christmastide
ˈkrɪsməsˌtaɪd
dinucleotide
daɪˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Eastertide
ˈiːstəˌtaɪd
eventide
ˈiːvənˌtaɪd
internucleotide
ˌɪntəˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
mononucleotide
ˌmɒnəʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
noontide
ˈnuːnˌtaɪd
nucleotide
ˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
oligonucleotide
ˌɒlɪɡəʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Passiontide
ˈpæʃənˌtaɪd
phosphatide
ˈfɒsfəˌtaɪd
polynucleotide
ˌpɒlɪˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
ribonucleotide
ˌraɪbəʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
riptide
ˈrɪpˌtaɪd
springtide
ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪd
summertide
ˈsʌmərˌtaɪd
trinucleotide
traɪˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd
Twelfthtide
ˈtwɛlfθˌtaɪd
Whitsuntide
ˈwɪtsənˌtaɪd
wintertide
ˈwɪntəˌtaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHROVETIDE

Shropshire
shroud
shroud line
shroud-laid
shroudless
shroudy
shrove
Shrove Tuesday

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHROVETIDE

bastide
betide
dipeptide
ebb tide
flood tide
glycopeptide
high tide
low tide
neuropeptide
oligopeptide
pentapeptide
peptide
polypeptide
red tide
spring tide
swim against the tide
swim with the tide
tide
turn the tide
Yuletide

Synonyms and antonyms of Shrovetide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Shrovetide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHROVETIDE

Find out the translation of Shrovetide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Shrovetide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Shrovetide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

忏悔节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Carnaval
570 millions of speakers

English

Shrovetide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Shrovetide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أيام المرافع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Масленица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entrudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Shrovetide
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les Jours gras
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shrovetide
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fastnacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ざんげ節
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재의 수요일 전의 삼 일간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shrovetide
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Shrovetide
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷ்ரோவெடிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुवोटाइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Apakurya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carnevale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zapusty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Масляна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shrovetide
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Τυροφάγου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voor vastenavond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shrovetide
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fastelavn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Shrovetide

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHROVETIDE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHROVETIDE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Shrovetide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHROVETIDE»

Discover the use of Shrovetide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Shrovetide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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William Gager: The Shrovetide plays
Volume 2 contains the play, Ulysses Redux and the extra scenes that Gager wrote for Seneca's Hippolytus. There is a general introduction to the volume and an introduction and textual commentary for each work.
William Gager, Dana Ferrin Sutton, 1994
2
Gargantua and Pantagruel
How Pantagruel sailed by the Sneaking Island, where Shrovetide reigned. The jovial fleet being refitted and repaired, new stores taken in, the Macreons over and above satisfied and pleased with the money spent there by Pantagruel, our men ...
Francois Rabelais, 2004
3
Faith and Folly in Shakespeare's Romantic Comedies
Even the Collect for Shrovetide warns against good works unaccompanied by the proper spirit of charity.6 Donne's Lenten sermons are especially aware of this paradoxical conflict of attitudes during Shrovetide. Man's Lenten meditations on ...
R. Chris Hassel, Jr., 2011
4
The works of Francis Rabelais
What ! meddle with Shrovetide ? cried Panurge, in the name of Belzebub, I am not yet so weary of my life. No, I am not yet so mad as that comes to. Quid juris ? Suppose we should find our- selves pent up between the Chitterlings and ...
François Rabelais, Sir Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, 1864
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Festive Drama: Papers from the Sixth Triennial Colloquium of ...
BATTLES AND BOTTLES: Shrovetide Performances in the Low Countries (c. 1350 - c.1550) Marjoke de Roos On Shrove Tuesday 1441 the inhabitants of the cathedral city of Utrecht in the Northern Netherlands witnessed a rather unusual ...
Société internationale pour l'étude du théâtre médiéval. Colloque, Meg Twycross, 1996
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Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945
SHROVETIDE PLAYS (FASTNACHTSPIELE). Shrovetide plays were an important feature of Fastnacht, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday, when the ecclesiastical season of Lent begins. Shrovetide plays were performed in many German ...
William Grange, 2010
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The Works of Francis Rabelais
you good night, sweet Mr. Shrovetide ; I recommend to you the Chitterlings, and pray don't forget the puddings. CHAP. XXX. BOW SHROVETIDE IS ANATOMIZED AND DESCRIBED BY XENOMANEg. As for the inward parts of * Shrovetide, ...
Du Chat, Motteux, Ozell, 1807
8
Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
15. SHROVETIDE. EITHER before or after St Valentine's Day fell a much bigger and more general festival, effectively the biggest and wildest of early spring. It began on 'Shrove Sunday', the seventh before Easter, continued on 'Collop ...
Ronald Hutton, 2001
9
From Beetroot to Buddhism: Answers to Questions : Sixteen ...
Aspects. of. human. life. that. are. not. physical. Greek. culture. and. Christianity. Well, gentlemen, has someone thought of something for today? Someone asked about the purpose of the Shrovetide carnival, if Rudolf Steiner could tell them ...
Rudolf Steiner, 1999
10
Royal Shrovetide Football
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHROVETIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Shrovetide is used in the context of the following news items.
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Robson Green plays Shrovetide football in Northumberland
TV star Robson Green experienced the thrills and spills of Alnwick's ancient Shrovetide football match, as part of filming for the third series of Tales from ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide: Row over game start point
A row has broken out over the starting point of the annual Royal Shrovetide Football game. Every year, Ashbourne in Derbyshire is split in two as thousands of ... «BBC News, May 15»
3
WATCH: St Cloud State University students join in at Alnwick's …
On Shrove Tuesday, University students were able to take part in their first Shrovetide football game as they showed off their athletic skills. The no-rules game ... «Northumberland Gazette, Mar 15»
4
The Ashbourne News Telegraph Shrovetide Souvenir edition is now …
NEWS Telegraph receptionist Karen Fearn is taking a look through our brand new Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Souvenir Edition, which has gone on sale this ... «Ashbourne News Telegraph, Feb 15»
5
Up'ards lead Ashbourne's famous Shrovetide Football game
The first day of the eccentric two-day Royal Shrovetide Football game has finished in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Hundreds of people are taking part in the ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
6
WATCH: Hundreds turn out for muddy Shrovetide clash
The fiercely-contested Alnwick Shrovetide football match was won by the parish of St Michael who beat rivals St Paul's in a muddy encounter this afternoon. «Northumberland Gazette, Feb 15»
7
Hundreds gather for Alnwick Shrovetide game
Northumberland's annual Shrovetide football match has attracted about 500 ... off by relatives of Eric Hately, a long-time Shrovetide player who recently died. «BBC News, Feb 15»
8
Alnwick Shrovetide football match to honour a local hero
The Duke of Northumberland has invited the sons of a stalwart of Alnwick's Shrovetide Football Match, who died recently, to get tomorrow's game under way. «Northumberland Gazette, Feb 15»
9
Shrovetide football: Red tape nearly led to cancellation of this year's …
ASHBOURNE'S iconic Royal Shrovetide Football match was almost cancelled this year because of increasing red tape and safety measures, it has been ... «Derby Telegraph, Feb 15»
10
Shrovetide: Police granted extra powers ahead of annual …
POLICE in Ashbourne have been granted a dispersal order to help prevent anti-social behaviour ahead of the town's Royal Shrovetide football game. The order ... «Derby Telegraph, Feb 15»

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