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Definition of Samhain
1. Proper noun. A holiday, falling on the night of the 31 of October to the 1 of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the new year, on which it was believed that the dead could return to the earth on that one night. ¹
2. Proper noun. (context: Wicca) One of the eight Sabbats celebrated in Wicca. ¹
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