Allhallows

[ awl-hal-ohz ]

noun

1. All Saints' Day.

Allhallows

/ ˌɔːlˈhæləʊz /

noun

1. a less common term for All Saints' Day
2. Allhallows Eve
   a less common name for Halloween

Word History and Origins

Origin of Allhallows¹

First recorded before 1000; from the obsolete noun hallow in the sense “holy person, saint”; Allhallowmas ( def )

Example Sentences

I'd better be drinkin' when neighbors go walkin' round the village on Allhallows' Eve with their heads done up in white.

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An' here 'tis Allhallows' Eve again, an' the best year of my life is past, an' she must die in an hour an' a half.

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"Go in peace, and God and Allhallows keep thee," said the hermit.

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We wish that all the City churches had their names engraved on some stone, like that of Allhallows, Bread-street.

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At the corner of Seething-lane stands the church of Allhallows Barking.

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