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All⋅hal⋅low⋅mas

  [awl-hal-oh-muhs]
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–noun Archaic.
All Saints' Day.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME alhalwemesse, OE ealra hālgena mæsse mass of all saints
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All·hal·low·mas   (ôl'hāl'ō-məs)   
n.   Archaic

  1. All Saints' Day.

  2. The feast observed on All Saints' Day.


[Middle English Alhalwemesse, from Old English ealra hālgena mæsse : ealra, genitive pl. of eall, all; see all + hālgena : genitive pl. of hālga, saint (from hālig, holy; see holy) + mæsse, Mass; see Mass.]
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