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All Souls' Day

All Souls' Day proper noun: an annual feast day celebrating the faithful departed on the second day of November, immediately following All Saints' Day.

Proper noun

All Souls' Day

  1. An annual feast day celebrating the faithful departed on the second day of November, immediately following All Saints' Day.
  2. (uncommon) Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday.
    Synonyms:
    Tomb Sweeping Day, Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, Feast of All Souls, Defuncts' Day, Day of the Dead

All Souls' Day meaning in Vietnamese

All Souls' Day in Vietnamese

Christian feast day
lễ Các Đẳng

Synonyms of All Souls' Day

All synonyms of All Souls' Day

Forms of All Souls' Day

alternative formAll Souls Day

Questions about All Souls' Day

What does All Souls' Day mean?
All Souls' Day means an annual feast day celebrating the faithful departed on the second day of November, immediately following All Saints' Day.
What is All Souls' Day in Vietnamese?
All Souls' Day in Vietnamese is lễ Các Đẳng. See All Souls' Day meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is All Souls' Day?
All Souls' Day is a proper noun.

Words near All Souls' Day in the dictionary

  1. all sizzle and no steak
  2. all skin and bones
  3. all smiles
  4. All Souls
  5. All Souls Day
  6. All Souls' Day
  7. all square
  8. all standing
  9. all students take calculus
  10. all style and no substance
  11. all systems go

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