Crossword-Solution: SHROVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Shrove | - | of Shrive |
| Shrove | - | imp. of Shrive. |
| Shrove | v. i. | To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| SHROVE | anagram | HOVERS, SHOVER |
We have 17 clues for the answer “SHROVE”
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| Word in the calendar box left of Ash Wednesday | 1 answer |
| _____ Tuesday (day before Ash Wednesday) | 1 answer |
| ___ Tuesday (day before Lent) | 1 answer |
| ___ Sunday a k a Quinquagesima | 1 answer |
| ___ Sunday (Quinquagesima) | 1 answer |
| ___ Monday (when Lundi Gras celebrations take place) | 1 answer |
| __ Tuesday (Mardi Gras time) | 1 answer |
| Tuesday type | 1 answer |
| Tuesday before Ash Wednesday | 1 answer |
| Imposed penance on | 1 answer |
| Holy springtime Tuesday | 1 answer |
| Heard the confession of and absolved, old-style | 1 answer |
| Freed from guilt | 1 answer |
| ___ Tuesday (Lent preceder) | 2 answers |
| Tuesday preceder | 2 answers |
| __ Tuesday | 5 answers |
| Sunday | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with SHROVE (5)
The inhabitants most religiously eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, hot-cross-buns on Good Friday, and roast goose at Michaelmas; they send love-letters on Valentine’s Day, burn the pope on the fifth of November, and kiss all the girls under the mistletoe at Christmas.
EYES OF YOUTH On the morning of Shrove Tuesday, in the year of our Lord 1249, Sir Aimery of Beaumanoir, the envoy of the most Christian king, Louis of France, arrived in the port of Acre, having made the voyage from Cyprus with a fair wind in a day and a night in a ship of Genoa flying the red and gold banner of the Temple.
The inhabitants most religiously eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, hot cross-buns on Good Friday, and roast goose at Michaelmas; they send love-letters on Valentine’s Day, burn the Pope on the Fifth of November, and kiss all the girls under the mistletoe at Christmas.
Theobald and Christina would give him a pinch of salt and tell him to put it on the tails of the seven deadly virtues;”—here she laughed again in her old manner at once so mocking and so sweet—“I think if he likes pancakes he had perhaps better eat them on Shrove Tuesday, but this is enough.” These were the last coherent words she spoke.
James's! They have their fits and freaks; They smile on you--for seconds, They frown on you--for weeks: But Phyllida, my Phyllida! Come either storm or shine, From Shrove-tide unto Shrove-tide, Is always true--and mine.
Quotes with SHROVE (1)
Do not allow your children to celebrate the days on which unbelief and superstition are being catered to. They are admittedly inclined to want this because they see that the children of Roman Catholic parents observe those days. Do not let them attend carnivals, observe Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), see Santa Claus, or observe Twelfth Night, because they are all remnants of an idolatrous papacy. You must not keep your children out of school or from work on those days nor let t…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 18 times in crossword archives (1982–2025).