hall-owed
oʊd; adjective
regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
2.
to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English hal(o)wen, Old English hālgian (cognate with German heiligen, Old Norse helga), derivative of hālig holy
before 900; Middle English hal(o)wen, Old English hālgian (cognate with German heiligen, Old Norse helga), derivative of hālig holy
Related forms
hal·low·er, noun
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hallow (ˈhæləʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to consecrate or set apart as being holy |
| 2. | to venerate as being holy |
| [Old English hālgian, from hālig | |
| 'hallower | |
| —n | |
| hallowed (ˈhæləʊd, (liturgical) ˈhæləʊɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | set apart as sacred |
| 2. | consecrated or holy |
| 'hallowedness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
hallow
O.E. halgian "to make holy, to honor as holy," related to halig "holy," from P.Gmc. *khailig (cf. O.S. helagon, M.Du. heligen, O.N. helga; see health). Used in Christian translations to render L. sanctificare.
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Hallow definition
to render sacred, to consecrate (Ex. 28:38; 29:1). This word is from the Saxon, and properly means "to make holy." The name of God is "hallowed", i.e., is reverenced as holy (Matt. 6:9).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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