All Saints' Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of All Saints' Day
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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Trade volumes are expected to be light due to an All Saints' Day observance.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
The timing was terrible: cholera was confirmed less than a fortnight before Haiti’s annual All Saints’ Day, when families travel to visit the graves of loved ones.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2020
Some Catholics kept up the practice of going door-to-door on the eve of All Saints' Day, which became known as "souling."
From Time ● Oct. 26, 2017
I bet Pete you girls would last to All Saints' Day at least.''
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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