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

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

Developed by the Southern Railway, which built a branch to it in the 1930s, Allhallows was intended to have 5,000 houses, several hotels, a zoo and Britain's largest swimming pool with a wave-making machine.

From The Guardian

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows.

From Project Gutenberg

We are told by the chroniclers that, as early as 1416, the mayor, Sir Henry Barton, ordered lanthorns and lights to be hanged out on the winter evenings, betwixt Allhallows and Candlemass.

From Project Gutenberg