shrovetide

English Thesaurus

1. immediately preceding Lent (noun.time)

hypernym	:	season,
definition	:	a recurrent time marked by major holidays (noun.time)

part holonym	:	mardi gras, pancake day, shrove tuesday,
definition	:	the last day before Lent (noun.time)

part meronym	:	church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar,
definition	:	a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals (noun.time)