Allhallows

American  

[awl-hal-ohz] / ˌɔlˈhæl oʊz /

noun

1. All Saints' Day.

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Allhallows British  

/ ˌɔːlˈhæləʊz /

noun

1. a less common term for All Saints' Day

2. a less common name for Halloween

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Usage

What is Allhallows? Allhallows is an older name for All Saints’ Day, a Christian holiday in honor of all the Christian saints. It originated as a holiday of the Catholic Church, but it is also observed by some other Christians. The day after All Saints’ Day is All Souls’ Day, a Christian holiday of solemn prayer for all dead persons. Other names for the day include Allhallowmas and Hallowmas. The night before was known as Allhallows Eve, which is where the word Halloween comes from.

Etymology

Origin of Allhallows

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

Example Sentences

The latest sighting shows him walking on Allhallows Lane, in the Southwark Bridge area, at 21:47.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

Her father was an English teacher at Allhallows, a now-defunct boarding school in Rousdon, the town near Lyme Regis best known for lending its name to the aforementioned fog.

From New York Times • May 23, 2018

David was born in the Suffolk part of the East Anglian border town of Thetford and after beginning his schooling in Ipswich was sent to Allhallows, an independent school in Devon.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2014

Of her marriage with Jacob Phillip, was her son, Arthur, born in the parish of Allhallows, Bread-street, within the city of London, on the 11th of October, 1738.

From The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Phillip, Arthur

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah