hallow

[ hal-oh ]
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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 of hallow

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English hal(o)wen, Old English hālgian (cognate with German heiligen, Old Norse helga ), derivative of hālig “consecrated, sacred, holy”; see holy

Other words from hallow

  • hal·low·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for hallow

hallow

/ (ˈhæləʊ) /


verb(tr)
  1. to consecrate or set apart as being holy

  2. to venerate as being holy

Origin of hallow

1
Old English hālgian, from hālig holy

Derived forms of hallow

  • hallower, noun

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