Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
suling .
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Examples
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One of their traditions, called souling, involved children and the poor going door-to-door, singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for food.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kathy Kemper 2010
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At that period the custom of "souling" had greatly declined in the county, and where it still existed the rewards were usually apples or money.
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles
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Shropshire is a county peculiarly rich in "souling" traditions, and one old lady had cakes made to give away to the souling-children up to the time of her death in 1884.
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles
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The practice of Trick-or-Treating resembles the late medieval practice of "souling," when poor folk would go door to door on Hallowmas, November 1, receiving food in return for prayers for the dead.
Barbara Barton Sloane: Fright Night In America And Across the Pond Barbara Barton Sloane 2011
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One of their traditions, called souling, involved children and the poor going door-to-door, singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for food.
Kathy Kemper: The Grinch of Halloween Kathy Kemper 2010
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One of their traditions, called souling, involved children and the poor going door-to-door, singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for food.
Kathy Kemper: The Grinch of Halloween Kathy Kemper 2010
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One of their traditions, called souling, involved children and the poor going door-to-door, singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for food.
Kathy Kemper: The Grinch of Halloween Kathy Kemper 2010
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Democrats have decried soul-drilling and the souling movement in general.
Pablo Andreu: "Soulers" Demand Proof of Obama's Soul Pablo Andreu 2011
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One of their traditions, called souling, involved children and the poor going door-to-door, singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for food.
Kathy Kemper: The Grinch of Halloween Kathy Kemper 2010
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One of their traditions, called souling, involved children and the poor going door-to-door, singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for food.
Kathy Kemper: The Grinch of Halloween Kathy Kemper 2010
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