An archaic term for a holy day or religious holiday, particularly All Saints' Day.
From 'hallow' (to make holy) combined with 'day,' a direct descriptive compound from Middle English and Old English religious terminology.
'Hallowday' eventually became contracted to 'holiday'—watching a word get shorter over centuries of usage is like watching language entropy in action, sounds literally disappearing.
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