Covidtide

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US/ˈkoʊvɪdtaɪd/UK/ˈkəʊvɪdtaɪd/

proper noun

The period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

Covidtide1

proper noun

alternative COVID-tide · alternative COVIDtide

  1. neologismChristianityThe period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Even in lockdown, even in Covidtide, our house has continued to brim over with life.

    2021, Brad East, The Doctrine of Scripture, Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, →ISBN, page xvi
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    In the past 24 hours I played skyrim for 10, and ate a whole pizza, and that isn't all. Covidtide is exposing the paucity of the american dream much more efficiently than lent

    2020 March 22, @subtle_mullet, “In the past 24 hours I played skyrim for 10 […]”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2020

    Like so many other congregations, St. Aidan is adapting its life together to realities created by this extended season of “Covidtide.”

    2020 November, Dean Pinter, “Prayer and Scripture Are the Daily Bread in Moose Jaw”, in The Saskatchewan Anglican, Regina, Saskatchewan: Diocese of Saskatchewan / Diocese of Saskatoon / Diocese of Qu’Appelle, retrieved 07 Feb 2022, page 4

    Advent during "Covidtide," as some have termed the pandemic, allows families to enter a type of "family cocoon" or period of dormancy, said Anne Nicklaus, 57, whose family belongs to Our Lady of Peace Parish in Minneapolis.

    2020 December 2, Maria Wiering, “Catholics Say They’re Able to Deepen Their Approach to Advent Season This Year”, in Angelus (Catholic News Service), Los Angeles, retrieved 07 Feb 2020

    COVID-19 might have further ruptured Christian unity as we debated mandatory vaccines and masking, but there’s one thing we can all agree on based on our experiences over Covidtide: Video calls are a bad substitute for human presence.

    2021 December, Ted Olsen, “Screening Visitors”, in Christianity Today, volume 65, number 9, →ISSN, page 22

    Synonyms: Coronatide, coronatime, coronatimes

COVIDtide2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Covidtide.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Origin

From COVID + -tide (“time”), by analogy with liturgical seasons such as Christmastide.

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Cite this entry
APA

Covidtide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Covidtide

MLA

“Covidtide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Covidtide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Covidtide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Covidtide.

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