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all souls' day

All Souls' Day
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ɔːl soʊlz ˈdeɪ/
    • /ɔːl səʊlz deɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ɔːl soʊlz ˈdeɪ/

Definitions of all souls' day words

  • noun all souls' day a day of prayer (Nov 2) for the dead in purgatory 3
  • noun all souls' day in certain Christian churches, a day (usually Nov. 2) of services and prayer for the dead 3
  • noun all souls' day a day of solemn prayer for all dead persons, observed by Roman Catholics and certain Anglicans, usually on November 2. 1
  • noun all souls' day Christian calendar: 2nd November 1

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Origin of all souls' day

First appearance:

before 1550
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1550-60

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Parts of speech for All souls' day

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

all souls' day popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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