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hallowed

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hal⋅lowed

  [hal-ohd; in liturgical use often hal-oh-id]
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–adjective
regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME halwed; OE (ge)halgod; see hallow 1 + -ed 2

Related forms:
hal⋅lowed⋅ly, adverb
hal⋅lowed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
blessed. See holy.

Antonyms:
desecrated.

hal⋅low

1  [hal-oh]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
2. to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME hal(o)wen, OE hālgian (c. G heiligen, ON helga), deriv. of hālig holy

Related forms:
hal⋅low⋅er, noun

hal⋅low

2  [huh-loh]
–interjection, noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
hallo.

hal⋅lo

  [huh-loh] interjection, noun, plural -los, verb, -loed, -lo⋅ing.
–interjection
1. (used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)
–noun
2. the cry “hallo!”
3. a shout of exultation.
–verb (used without object)
4. to call with a loud voice; shout; cry, as after hunting dogs.
–verb (used with object)
5. to incite or chase (something) with shouts and cries of “hallo!”
6. to cry “hallo” to (someone).
7. to shout (something).
Also, halloa, halloo, hallow, hillo, hilloa, hullo, hulloo.

Origin:
1560–70; var. of hollo, itself var. of earlier holla < MF hola, equiv. to ho ahoy + la there
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hal·low   (hāl'ō)   
tr.v.   hal·lowed, hal·low·ing, hal·lows

  1. To make or set apart as holy.

  2. To respect or honor greatly; revere.


[Middle English halwen, from Old English hālgian; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]
hal·lowed   (hāl'ōd)   
adj.  

  1. Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery.

  2. Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes.

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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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