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The church will also host a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Feb. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. Pancakes, fruit, sausages and more will be available for the celebration before the season of Lent begins.—Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024 Pancakes are popular foods for Shrove Tuesday because they are made with fatty ingredients that people are supposed to stay away from during Lent.—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023 Blanck said that his church wanted to sponsor a Shrove Tuesday performance by his jazz group and felt that Hey Nonny would be a better location than the church.—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022
Word History
Etymology
Middle English schroftewesday, from schrof- (as in schroftide) + tewesday Tuesday
Middle English schroftewesday "Shrove Tuesday," from schrof, from shriven "to shrive, give a penance or pardon to," and tewesday "Tuesday"; shriven, from Old English scrifan "to shrive, prescribe," from Latin scribere "to write" — related to scribe, tuesday see Word History at tuesday
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