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ALL SAINTS'

Definition: ALL SAINTS'

ALL SAINTS'

1. The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms within Context: ALL SAINTS'

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'

English words defined with "ALL SAINTS'": All Saints, All Saints' Day, Allhallows Eve, AllhallowtideGrand daysHalloween, Hallowe'en. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ALL SAINTS'": All Hallow's DayClerical VestmentsFeastsGods. (references)

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Image Slideshow: ALL SAINTS'

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Photo Album: ALL SAINTS'

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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 at New Roads, Louisiana on All Saints' Day.Credit: Library of Congress.

Negro women praying at grave of son in cemetery at New Roads, Louisiana on All Saints' Day.Credit: Library of Congress.

Woman decorating family burial vaults in cemetery at New Roads, Louisiana on All Saints' Day.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: ALL SAINTS'

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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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Expression: ALL SAINTS'

Expression using "ALL SAINTS'": all saints' day. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: ALL SAINTS'

Language Translations for "ALL SAINTS'"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

Allerheilige (All Hallows, All Saints' Day). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏يوم القداس (all saints' day). (various references)

   

Danish

  

allehelgensdag (All Hallows, All Saints Day, All Saints' Day). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Allerheiligen (All Hallows, All Saints Day, All Saints' Day). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

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

   

French

  

Toussaint (All Hallows, All Saints Day, All Saints' Day). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

Alderheljen (All Hallows, All Saints' Day). (various references)

   

German

  

Allerheiligen (All Hallows, All Saints Day, All Saints' Day, allhallows). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Ognissanti (All, All Hallows, All Saints Day, All Saints' Day, allhallows, hallowmas). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

Día di tur Santu (All Hallows, All Saints' Day). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allay aints'say

   

Spanish

  

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

   

Swedish

  

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

   

Turkish

  

azizler yortusu (all saints' day, hallowmas). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ALL SAINTS'

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-2 letters: installs, lanitals.

-3 letters: install, instals, lanital, salinas.

-4 letters: alants, aslant, assail, instal, lanais, lianas, nasals, nasial, saints, salals, salina, satins, slants, snails, stains, stalls, stills, tallis.

-5 letters: alans, alant, alias, alist, anils, anlas, antas, antis, assai, atlas, lanai, lasts, liana, lilts, lints, lists, litas, nails, nasal, natal, nills, sails, sains, saint, salal, salsa, salts.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ALL SAINTS'


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 4C      53 41 49 4E 54 53 27

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01010011 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010100 01010011 00100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#76 &#32 &#83 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#83 &#39

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 004C      0053 0041 0049 004E 0054 0053 0027

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35464625335434854539

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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