All Souls' Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of All Souls' Day
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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However, some traditional religious feasts - including All Souls' Day - remain popular, and are marked by both believers and atheists alike.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023
This would almost always take place around November 2, which was All Souls' Day, "a time for honoring the dead."
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2022
And in many other countries, including the United States, Nov. 2 is similarly recognized as All Souls’ Day, when Catholics remember and pray for the dead.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
Día de Muertos falls on Nov. 1 and 2 — which, not coincidentally, are All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in Catholicism.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2021
And the day after, he told himself, he and Julie would go for All Souls’ Day to pray for Papi and Mami.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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