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Hallowmas

//ˈhæloʊməs// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835 wordnet

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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