All Saints' Day

  

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All Saints' Day

Definition: All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day

Noun

1. A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: All Saints' Day

Synonyms: Allhallows (n), Hallowmas (n), Hallowmass (n), November 1 (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: All Saints' Day

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Regularity of recurrence Periodicity

Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: All Saints' Day

English words defined with "All Saints' Day": Allhallows Eve, AllhallowtideHalloween, Hallowe'en. (references)
Specialty definitions using "All Saints' Day": All Hallow's DayGods. (references)

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Photo Album: All Saints' Day

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Negro family praying at graves of their relatives on All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negro crossing himself and praying over grave of relative in cemetery, All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negro couple at grave of relative, All Saints' Day in Cemetery at New Roads, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Painting grave marker in cemetery, All Saints' Day in New Roads, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Decorated graves in cemetery, All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana, with chickens eating the flowers. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: All Saints' Day

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Travel

Finland

The national holidays in 2002 are: New Year's Day (January 1); Epiphany (January 6); Good Friday (March 29); Easter (March 31 - April 1); May Day (May 1); Ascension Day (May 9); Mid-Summer (June 22); All Saints' Day (November 2); Independence Day (December 6); Christmas (December 25-26). (references)

Philippines

All offices close during the following public holidays: January 1, New Year's Day; April 9, Bataan & Corregidor Day and Heroism Day; Easter Holidays, which include Maundy Thursday and Good Friday; May 1, Labor Day; June 12, Independence Day; August 27, National Heroes Day; November 1, All Saints' Day; November 30, Bonifacio Day; December 25, Christmas Day; and December 30, Rizal Day. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: All Saints' Day

Language Translations for "All Saints' Day"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

Allerheilige (All Hallows). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏يوم القداس. (various references)

   

Danish

  

allehelgensdag (All Hallows). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Allerheiligen (All Hallows). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

Sanktulara Festo (All Hallows), Festo de ĉiuj Sanktuloj. (various references)

   

French

  

Toussaint (All Hallows). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

Alderheljen (All Hallows). (various references)

   

German

  

Allerheiligen (All Hallows, allhallows). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Ognissanti (All, All Hallows, allhallows, hallowmas). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

Día di tur Santu (All Hallows). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allay aints'say ayday

   

Spanish

  

Todos los Santos (All Hallows, All Souls' Day), fiesta de todos los santos, día de todos los santos (all hallows, hallowmas). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

allhelgonadag (All Hallows, all saints day). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

azizler yortusu (hallowmas). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: All Saints' Day

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-a-d-i-l-l-n-s-s-t-y"

-4 letters: assailant.

-5 letters: analysis, analysts, distally, installs, lanitals, nasality, staysail.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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