allhallowtide

  • 21Pentecost — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Day of Atonement, Easter, Easter Monday,… …

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  • 22Shrove Tuesday — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday,… …

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  • 23Whitsuntide — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday,… …

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  • 24Halloween — (31 October)    The eve of a major Catholic festival, *All Saints (1 November), assigned to this date in the 8th century; next comes *All Souls (2 November), instituted c.1000 ad as a day to pray for the dead. In England since the 19th century,… …

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  • 25allhallown — adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Allhallown (as in Allhallowntide & Allhallownmas, earlier variants of Allhallowtide, Allhallowmas) obsolete : occurring at or near the time of Allhallows Allhallown summer Shakespeare * * *… …

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  • 26hollantide — ˈhälən.ˌtīd noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: by shortening & alteration dialect England : allhallowtide …

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  • 27Sa|mhain — «SAH wihn», noun. 1. an autumn festival of the Druids marking the end of the harvest season. 2. the period of this festival, coinciding with the time of All Saints Day; Allhallowtide. ╂[< Irish Gaelic samhain] …

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