Hallowmas
//ˈhæloʊməs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 All Saints Day, November 1 archaic
"Pompey: And, I beseech you look into Master Froth here, / sir; a man of fourscore pound a year, whose father died / at Hallowmas. Was't not at Hallowmas, Master Froth?"
- 2 a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835 wordnet
Example
More examples"Pompey: And, I beseech you look into Master Froth here, / sir; a man of fourscore pound a year, whose father died / at Hallowmas. Was't not at Hallowmas, Master Froth?"
Etymology
Short for All-hallows' mass (“All-saints' mass”), ultimately continuing Old English ealra hālgena mæsse (literally “All Saints' mass”), equivalent to hallow (“saint”) + -mas.
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