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hallow

[ hal-oh ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
  2. to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate:

    to hallow a battlefield.



hallow

/ ˈæəʊ /

verb

  1. to consecrate or set apart as being holy
  2. to venerate as being holy
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹱Ƿɱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • 󲹱lǷ· noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hallow1

First recorded before 900; Middle English hal(o)wen, Old English (cognate with German heiligen, Old Norse helga ), derivative of “consecrated, sacred, holy”; holy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hallow1

Old English , from holy
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In the hallowed name of realism, Mendoza and Garland include all of the moments of nothing that lead up to a full-on attack from the American enemy.

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Beatty’s scabrous satire follows a Black man who decides to reinstate slavery in his rural Los Angeles enclave, a crime for which he finds himself in the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court.

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"The house bears the footprints of my forefathers – the house to me is on hallowed ground."

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It’s wonderful to be a member of the academy, and it’s one of our most hallowed institutions.

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Might the Bruins be on the verge of ceding their hallowed status, their blood no longer the deepest shade of blue?

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