SHROVE TUESDAY

a.k.a. FAT TUESDAY

a.k.a. MARDI GRAS

 

 

From The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church:

 

Shrove Tuesday -

The day immediately preceding Ash Wednesday, so named from the 'shriving',

i.e. confession and absolution, of the faithful on that day.

 

 

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