Definition of Allhallows

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

Exact synonyms: All Saints' Day, Hallowmas, Hallowmass, November 1
Generic synonyms: Holy Day Of Obligation
Group relationships: Nov, November

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allhallows

Allen bolts
Allen key
Allen keys
Allen screw
Allen screws
Allen wrench
Allen wrenches
Allentown
Allerton
Alley Oop
Allhallond
Allhallow
Allhallowmas
Allhallown
Allhallows (current term)
Allhallows Eve
Allhallowtide
Alliaceae
Alliaria
Alliaria officinalis
Allie
Allied Command Atlantic
Allied Command Europe
Allier
Allies
Alligator mississipiensis
Alligator sinensis
Alligatoridae
Allionia

Literary usage of Allhallows

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"The Jewry—Allhallows Church—Terrible Gunpowder Accident near the Church—Famous Men buried at Allhallows—Monumental Brass St. ..."

2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"At Allhallows they were so greatly at a loss at one period, that they endeavoured to raise 500/. upon their lands, but Sergeant Pemberton advised them that ..."

3. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1904)
"Allhallows, BARKING. Chancing to pass by the church of Allhallows, Barking, in this city, and seeing the door open, I was induced to enter that venerable ..."

4. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and by John Evans (1881)
"The specimen here figured has been kindly lent me by Mr. Humphrey Wickham, of Strood, and waa found with a hoard of bronze objects at Allhallows, Hoo,f Kent ..."

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