soul cake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soul cake
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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When "souling", these cakes would be handed out as people sung a rhyme: "Soul, soul, for a soul-cake; Pray you, good mistress, a soul cake."
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023
Folklorist Jack Santino, who writes about the Celtic origins of Halloween, reminded me of the slightly sinister nature of the soul cake exchange.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
Doughnuts, according to Mrs. Berger, were originally a form of "soul cake" given to children in exchange for their prayers; their roundness was meant to symbolize eternity.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is found among ourselves too, essentially connected with the dead, and something similar to it appears in the "soul cake" connected originally with All Souls' Day.
From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.
The soul cake referred to in the verses is a sort of bun which the people used to make, and to give to one another on the 2d of November.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
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