All Hallows

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The saints, taken collectively.
  • All Saints' Day, the 1st of November; the Christian feast day honoring all Christian saints.

Origin

  • From all + plural of hallow. Forms in -n (All-Hallown etc.) show reflex of the original genitive plural (Old English halgena).

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