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ALLHALLOWS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allhallows mean? 

ALLHALLOWS (noun)
  The noun ALLHALLOWS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835play

  Familiarity information: ALLHALLOWS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALLHALLOWS (noun)


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 ("Allhallows" 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 ("Allhallows" is a part of...):

Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)


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