hallow
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- noun
- /ˈhæloʊ/
- Archaic
:
santo
- On All Hallow's Eve, we celebrate the lives of the holy ones who have passed.
- Hallow's Eve
- the night of All Hallow's
As it and here we are and it is all Hallows Eve or almost Hallows Eve.
- As it and here we are and it is all Hallows Eve or almost Hallows Eve.
Examples
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This is a really awesome way to enter these final days of October as All Hallows Eve approacheth.
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On All Hallow's Eve, he packed his car by the light of the single streetlight.
Fiction book (1994) -
If you missed it, take a look to get a better idea of what All Hallow's Read is all about.
Blog text (15) -
And a happy Hallow's Eve to you, my friend.
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It is the hallow tide.
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Unforeseen motor trouble prevented him from leaving before All Hallow's Eve.
Fiction book (1994) -
To me, the month of October and All Hallow's Eve allows you to be a little more playful with your attire.
Blog text (11) -
I am Gilbert the Great, here to terrify and amaze you with the most bone-chilling legend of All Hallow's Eve.
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All Hallow's Eve, once a curious example of religious syncretism, subsequently a minor event in the social calendar, now acquires spiritual trappings.
Fiction book (2000) -
There is also the proposal that Halloween, or "All Hallow's Eve," is influenced by the Christian holy days of All Saints' Day on November 1 and All Souls' Day on November 2—a time for honoring saints and praying for the recently departed.
Blog text (32)
Synonyms
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3.9
A very holy, kind person often officially declared by the Church
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A person people respect for being very religious and thought to help others with prayer
How Holy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hallow once meant a 'holy person' or saint and you can see this in All Hallows' Eve, the old name that became Halloween, so a hallow is a person thought of as 'holy'.