hallowmas

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hallowmas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hallowmas \Hal"low*mas\ (h[a^]l"l[-o]*m[.a]s), n. [See Mass
     the eucharist.]
     The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. --Shak.
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hallowmas - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hallowmas
      n 1: a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first
           observed in 835 [syn: All Saints' Day, Allhallows,
           November 1, Hallowmas, Hallowmass]