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souling

souling noun: the practice of giving and receiving soul cakes on All Souls Day. Also the present participle and gerund of soul.

Noun

souling (uncountable)

  1. The practice of giving and receiving soul cakes on All Souls Day

Also used as

souling is also the present participle and gerund of soul.

Origin of souling

From soul + -ing.

Questions about souling

What does souling mean?
Souling means the practice of giving and receiving soul cakes on All Souls Day.
What part of speech is souling?
Souling is a noun.

Words near souling in the dictionary

  1. soulical
  2. Soulier
  3. Souliers
  4. soulili
  5. soulilis
  6. souling
  7. Souliot
  8. Souliote
  9. Souliotes
  10. Souliots
  11. soulish

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