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ALL SAINTS' DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does All Saints' Day mean?
• ALL SAINTS' DAY (noun)
The noun ALL SAINTS' DAY has 1 sense:
1. a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
Familiarity information: ALL SAINTS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
All Saints' Day; Allhallows; Hallowmas; Hallowmass; November 1
Hypernyms ("All Saints' Day" is a kind of...):
holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
Holonyms ("All Saints' Day" is a part of...):
Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)
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