Hallowmas

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Hallowmas

/ˈhæloʊməs/ US

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Short for All-hallows' mass (“All-saints' mass”), ultimately continuing Old English ealra hālgena mæsse (literally “All Saints' mass”), equivalent to hallow (“saint”) + -mas.

noun halimasse · Hallowmass

archaic All Saints Day, November 1 Pompey: And, I beseech you look into Master Froth here, / sir; a man of fourscore pound a year, whose father died / at Hallowmas. Was't not at Hallowmas, Master Froth?

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@misc{hallowmas_2026,
  title = {Hallowmas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hallowmas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}