Shrouds, The, a term for a covered walk or cloister in the old Cathedral of St. Paul, London.
Shrove, to, means to join in the festivities of Shrvrdide.
Shrove-box. See Shriving-pkw,
Shrove-hand. See Shkift-hanu.
Shrove-sign. See Shrift-sign.
Shrovetide literally means "confession time," and is the name given to the days immediately preced- ing Ash - Wednesday. Tliese days were so called be- cause on them, and especially on the last of them, people were accustomed to confess their sins as a prepara- tion for Lent. In most Roman Catholic countries it be- gan on the Sunday before Lent. In the modern disci- V)line of that Church a trace of the custom is still pre- served, as in many countries the time of the confession which precedes the Paschal, or Easter, comminiion com- mences from Shrovetide. These davs are sumetiraes
called "Fastingtide" and "Fast -mass," names still re- tained in some parts of (ircat Britain. The precept of shriving having been fultilled, the faithful, on the eve of entering ujion Lent, were allowed permission to give themselves up to amusements. In England, the pas- times of foot-ball, cock-lighting, bull-baiting, etc., were down to a late period recognised usages of Shrove- tide, but are now grailually disappearing. — Chambers's Eucijdop. s. V.
Shrove-Tuesday, the day before Ash-W'eilnesday, so called from the custom among the Homan Catliolicsof confessing their sins on that day, and so qualifying them- selves for Lent. In process of time this was turned into taking leave of flesh and other dainties, and afterwards, by degrees, into sports and merrymaking. In old Scot- land it was called Fttstern's-eve, probably the eve of the great fast. In England it received the name of " Pan- cake-Tuesday," from the fritters and pancakes eaten oil that day.
Shroving, the festivity of Shrovetide.
Shrub (H^iy, stack; Gen. xxi, 15, a bush, as ren- dered in Job XXX, 4, 7; "plant" in Gen. ii, 5).
Shryving-cloth. Some antiquaries hold that this was the veil which was hung before the rood-loft in Lent. Others believe it to have been a head -veil as- sumed by women when they went to confession in church; for as confessionals probably did not generally exist in the ancient Church of England, a "shryving- cloth" may have been fomid convenient in protecting the penitent from the public gaze. The latter explana- tion seems at least reasonable and probable. — Lee, Glus- sari/ of Litiinjical Terms, s. v.
Shu'a, the name of a Hebrew and a Hebrewess, which appears in different forms in the original.
1. (Heb. Shu'a, ?TJ, wealth, or a cry for help, or an oath ; Sept. '2ava or Sana v. r. Souf.) A Canaanite of Atlullam, whose daughter (hence named onh- as Bath- shua in the original) was Judah's wife, and the mother of his first three children (Gen. xxxviii, 2, 12 [in both passages the A. V. has incorrectly "Shuah"J; 1 Chron, i, 32). B.C. ante 1895.
2. (Heb. Shua', S^'Vl', id. ; Sept. SwXo.) Daughter of Ileber, a grandson of Asher, whose three sons are likewise enumerated (1 Chron. vii, 32). B.C. post 1874.
Shu'ah, the name of three Hebrews, which appears in different forms in the original.
1. (Heb. Shu'dch, tlTJ, a pit; Sept. Sws v. r. 'S.wik and Swi'i.) Last named of the six sons of Abraham liy Keturah (Gen. xxv, 2 ; 1 Chron. i, 32). B.C. ante 1988. See Shucmite.
2. The father of Judah's Canaanitish wife (1 Chron. ii, 3). See Shua.
3. ( Heb. Shuchah', nnvj, a pit , Sept. 'Affx".) A brother (some MSS. have son) of Chelub among the de- scendants of Judah (1 Chron. iv, 11). B.C. prob. antfi 1612.
Shual. See Fox.
Shu'al (Heb. Shual', ^rvr, ajachd; Sept. in Chron. SotKtX v. r. lHovXd and SoiuVi-; in Kings, SwyriX), the name of a man and of a region.
1. Third named of the eleven "sons" of Zophah, de- scendants of Asher (1 Chron. vii, 36). B.C. post 1612.
2. A district ("land of Shual") named only in 1 Sam, xiii, 17, to denote the direction taken by one of the three parties of marauders who issued from the Philistine camp at Michmash. Its connection with Ophrah (prob- ably Taiyibeh) and the direction of the two other routes named in the passage make it pretty certain that the region in question lay north of Michmash. If, there- fore, it be identical with the "land of Shalim" (1 Sam. ix, 4) — as is not im|iossilile— we obtain the first and only clue yet obtained to Saul's journey is quest of the asses. The name Shual has not vet been ideutitjed in the
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neighborhood of Taiyibeh or elsewhere. It may have originated in the Hebrew sij^nitication of the word ("jackal"), in which case it would be appropriate enoiia^h tX) the wild desolate rei;-ion east of Taiyibeh — a reijion containinif a valley or ravine at no great distance from Taiyibeh which bore, and perhaps still bears, the name of " Hya?nas." See Zkisoim, Valt-ev of. Others (as Thenius, in Exeri. Ilundb.) derive the name from a dif- ferent nmt. and interpret it as "hollow land." — Smith.
Shu'bael ( Ilcb. Shuhael', bxiVj, i. .,. Shebud; Sept, 2oi'/S((//\ V. r. Sw/io/jX, etc.), the name of two Le- vites, both elsewhere called SuKBrEi, (q. v.), namely, (») a son of Gershom (1 Chron. xxiv, 20; comp. xxiii, I(>; xxvi, 24); and (h) a sou of Ileman (I Chron. xxv, 20; comp. ver. 4).