Meanings
- neologismChristianityThe period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this unsettling season of Coronatide we find ourselves beset by change, some welcome, some unwelcome.
2021, William Franklin, “Preface: Two Movements of the Past that Inform the Future”, in C[harles] Andrew Doyle, Embodied Liturgy: Virtual Reality and Liturgical Theology in Conversation, New York, N.Y.: Church Publishing, →ISBN, page xx4 more examples
At IHOP for breakfast and the COVID-19 protocols are in full swing. Every surface is being constantly wiped down with sanitizer, no shared bottles of syrup, ketchup, and condiments, and sparse, unadorned tables. Welcome to coronatide. 😐
2020 March 14, Matthew Ciszek, “At IHOP for breakfast […]”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2020Nowhere in the letter do the writers express a desire to know what is going on with the recipient; they do not wish to listen, learn, or truly befriend. They seem, above all, to want compliance. They want butts in pews, or at least the coronatide equivalent.
2020 July 10, Jana Riess, “If you want to win Latter-Day Saints back to the church, shame and fear are not how to do it”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Ut.: Salt Lake Tribune, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2020Coronatide made it hard to go an hour or two without snacking, but we’re past that now, and Mass is definitely not the place for the munchies.
2022 October 4, Katie Burke, “Ready for Mass: Churching like a pro”, in The Catholic Sun, Phoenix, Ariz.: Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2023As we continue to reckon with the devastating psychological and social impact of Coronatide, Thomas is a reliable guide to the interior caverns of our hearts and minds.
2024, Oliver Keenan, Why Aquinas Matters Now, London: Bloomsbury Continuum, →ISBN, page 2Synonyms: coronatime, coronatimes, Covidtide
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Origin
From corona(virus) + -tide (suffix meaning ‘time’, denoting seasons), by analogy with liturgical seasons such as Christmastide and Eastertide.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish korona-aika
- korona-aikaperiod of the COVID-19 pandemic
Polish okres pandemii koronawirusa
- okres pandemii koronawirusaperiod of the COVID-19 pandemic
Swedish coronatider
- coronatiderperiod of the COVID-19 pandemic
Welsh adeg COVID
- adeg COVIDperiod of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Cite this entry
Coronatide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coronatide
“Coronatide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coronatide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Coronatide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Coronatide.
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