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All Souls Day

All Souls Day is the alternative form of All Souls' Day.

Meaning of All Souls' 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

Questions about All Souls Day

What is All Souls Day the alternative form of?
All Souls Day is the alternative form of All Souls' Day.

Words near All Souls Day in the dictionary

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

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