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Definition of Halloween
1. Noun. The evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people.
Definition of Halloween
1. n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.
Definition of Halloween
1. Noun. The eve of All Hallows' Day; 31st October; celebrated (mostly in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Ireland) by children going door-to-door in costume and demanding candy with menaces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halloween
Literary usage of Halloween
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"This venturous procedure is generally rewarded with a hurrah ! by the lookers-on,
and is recommended, by those versed in Halloween-aquatics, ..."
2. Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society by American Folklore Society (1896)
"That is, when a charm was said to belong to Halloween, it was so classed. ...
A Halloween custom is to fill a tub with water and drop into it as many apples ..."
3. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"RB 5 The first ceremony of Halloween is pulling each a " stock," or plant of kail.
They must go out, hand in hand, with eyes shut, and pull the first they ..."
4. Holidays & Celebrations: How to Make Books W/Children by Joy Evans, Jill Norris (1997)
"Today, in many countries, Halloween is a children's holiday. ... Books to Read
The Best Halloween of All by Susan Wojciechowski; Crown Publishers, 1992. ..."
5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Halloween. 27. Martial. The martial phosphorus is taught to flow, ... Halloween, c.
While in distant climes I wander, Let my Mary be your care, [re.} . ..."
6. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1840)
"Halloween.*f [The following Poem will, by many readers, bo well enough understood;
... Hazlitt says, " The ' Halloween' is a most striking and picturesque ..."
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