# Shrove Tuesday

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

## Etymology
The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shrove-tuesday