Covidtide

See also: COVID-tide, and COVIDtide

English

Alternative forms

• COVID-tide
• COVIDtide

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊvɪdtaɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊvɪdtaɪd/

Proper noun

Covidtide

1. (neologism, chiefly Christianity) The period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Synonyms: Coronatide, coronatime, coronatimes

   • 2020 March 22, @subtle_mullet, “In the past 24 hours I played skyrim for 10 […]”, in Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on March 23, 2020:

     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 November, Dean Pinter, “Prayer and Scripture Are the Daily Bread in Moose Jaw”, in The Saskatchewan Anglican‎^[2], Regina, Saskatchewan: Diocese of Saskatchewan / Diocese of Saskatoon / Diocese of Qu’Appelle, retrieved February 7, 2022, page 4:

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

   • 2020 December 2, Maria Wiering, “Catholics Say They’re Able to Deepen Their Approach to Advent Season This Year”, in Angelus (Catholic News Service)‎^[3], Los Angeles, retrieved February 7, 2020:

     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.

   • 2021, Brad East, The Doctrine of Scripture, Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, →ISBN, page xvi:

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

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

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Covidtide.