The season or period around All Saints' Day (November 1st) that includes All Hallows' Eve (Halloween) and sometimes extends to All Souls' Day (November 2nd).
From 'allhallows' plus 'tide' (Old English 'tīd' meaning time or season). This is a traditional ecclesiastical term describing the sacred season centered on honoring saints and the dead.
Allhallowtide was deeply spiritual—the three-day period was when communities believed the boundary between living and dead grew thin, so people lit bonfires, said prayers, and remembered loved ones, eventually morphing into modern Halloween traditions!
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.