hallowmass

Questions about hallowmass

What does hallowmass mean?

hallowmass means "a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835".

How many syllables are in hallowmass?

hallowmass has 3 syllables and divides as hal-low-mass under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hallowmass?

Close synonyms include All Saints' Day, Allhallows, November 1, Hallowmas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hallowmass a common word?

hallowmass is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.