Definitions for Samhain

Samhain Sa·mhain

Spelling: [sah-win]
IPA: /ˈsɑ wɪn/

Samhain is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in Samhain (aahimns).

Definitions for Samhain

noun

  1. a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.

Origin of Samhain

1885-90; Irish; Old Irish samain

Examples for Samhain

Child: It is a pity daddy to be away at the fair on a Samhain night.

"And it isn't just Samhain," said Kenny, setting down his glass.

It was on the week before Samhain that the Fomor landed upon Ireland.

Mother: I must make my feast all the same, for Samhain night is more to me than to any other one.

And any one that came to her house at Samhain time might stay till Beltaine, and have his choice then to go or to stay.

"It seems to me that to-night is Samhain night," said Caoilte.

The second battle took place twenty-seven years after the first, on Samhain.

The dates of these survivals may be explained by that dislocation of the Samhain festival already pointed out.

Anyway, I was driven out a Samhain day like this, because of some things that were said against me.

Ireland has a literature of Hallowe'en, or "Samhain," as it used to be called.

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