hallow
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield.
Origin of hallow
1Other words from hallow
- hal·low·er, noun
Words Nearby hallow
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How to use hallow in a sentence
To live with ugliness, we must hallow loveliness the more, remembering that it often springsfrom mud into light-filled air.
Judith Farr, scholar of Emily Dickinson and poet in her own right, dies at 85 | Emily Langer | June 23, 2021 | Washington PostThe replacement of Reagan by Clinton seemed to hallow anti-government paranoia.
On All-hallow eve Mrs. S. and myself visited a large cemetery.
The worst of our education is that Christianity does not recognise and hallow Sex.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThis love Meadows thought and hoped would hallow the unlawful means by which he must crown it.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
An alloy is a mixture or medley, anything allowed is according to law, and hallow is the same word as holy.
Archaic England | Harold BayleySacrifice and Self-Devotion hallow earth and fill the skies.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
British Dictionary definitions for hallow
/ (ˈhæləʊ) /
to consecrate or set apart as being holy
to venerate as being holy
Origin of hallow
1Derived forms of hallow
- hallower, noun
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