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soulcake

soulcake is the alternative form of soul cake.

Meaning of soul cake

Noun

soul cake (plural soul cakes)

  1. A cake seasoned with spices or raisins given to beggars on All Soul's Eve (Halloween).
    • All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake — a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.1981, Geoffrey Scard, Squire and tenant: life in rural Cheshire, 1760-1900, page 93

Forms of soulcake

pluralsoulcakes

Questions about soulcake

What is soulcake the alternative form of?
Soulcake is the alternative form of soul cake.

Words near soulcake in the dictionary

  1. soulbonds
  2. soulboy
  3. soulboys
  4. Soulbury
  5. Soulby
  6. soulcake
  7. soulcakes
  8. soulcraft
  9. Souldern
  10. souldier
  11. souldiered

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