| 单词 | all saints' eve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAll Saints' Eve All Saints' Eve n. (also †All Saints' Even) = All Hallows' Eve n. at All-Hallows n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Halloween (31 October) > [noun] All Hallow Evec1325 All Hallows' Eve1447 All Saints' Eve?c1550 Halloween1556 Nut-crack Night1731 ?c1550 in E. Corbett Hist. Spelsbury (1962) vi. 119 Upon the feast of All Saints even, all the brethren of every hylde come together to their hyldes. 1641 T. Hayne tr. M. Adam Life & Death Dr. Martin Luther 11 These [propositions] he publikely affixed at the Church next to the Castle of Wittenberg, on All Saints Eve, An. 1517. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 621 On All-Saints Even, they set up bonfires in every village. 1886 G. F. Jackson & C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-lore III. xxviii. 381 At Ripon, All Saints' Eve is called Cake Night, and a cake is baked in each household for every member of the family. 1962 C. Wilson Strength to Dream v. 141 The legend attached to the place declares that they [sc. the two statues] get up on All Saints' Eve and walk across to the cottage in which the painter lives. 2010 Irish Times 25 Nov. 17/3 The book unfurls over three days—All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day—significant dates to O'Brien's Agnes. < as lemmas |
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