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Hallowmas
[ hal-oh-muhs, -mas ]
noun
- the feast of Allhallows or All Saints' Day, on November 1.
Hallowmas
/ ˈhæləʊˌmæs /
noun
- archaic.the feast celebrating All Saints' Day
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hallowmas1
1375–1425; late Middle English; short for Allhallowmas
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hallowmas1
C14: see Allhallows , Mass
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Example Sentences
Now wasna that a bonnie and fearful sight to see beneath the light of the Hallowmas moon?
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Ban and Bors promised to come over at All-hallowmas with three hundred knights.
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If the reaping finishes after Hallowmas the last corn cut is called the Cailleach (old woman).
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The last handful of corn cut down in harvest-field, when it is not shorn before Hallowmas, S. B.
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