Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Shrovetide
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
Confession-time, especially the days immediately before Lent, when, in Catholic times, the people confessed their sins to the parish priest and afterwards gave themselves up to sports, and dined on pancakes, Shrove Tuesday being Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, or the first day of Lent.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shrovetide'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shrovetide.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shrovetide'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shrovetide.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
