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HALLOWMASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
Synonyms:
All Saints' Day; Allhallows; Hallowmas; Hallowmass; November 1
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Hallowmass" is a kind of...):
holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
Holonyms ("Hallowmass" is a part of...):
Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)