Hallow \Hal"low\ (h[a^]l"l[-o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hallowed(-l[-o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.]
[OE.
halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. h[=a]lgian, fr. h[=a]lig holy.
See Holy.]
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to
consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
"Hallowed be thy name." --Matt. vi. 9.
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Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer.
xvii. 24.
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His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton.
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In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground
[Gettysburg]. --A. Lincoln.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "hallow":
beat the drum, beatify, bless, blow the trumpet, canonize,
celebrate, cleanse, commemorate, consecrate, dedicate, devote,
dress ship, enshrine, exalt, fire a salute, glorify, hold jubilee,
honor, jubilate, jubilize, keep, maffick, make merry, mark,
memorialize, observe, purify, respect, revere, reverence, saint,
sanctify, set apart, signalize, solemnize, solemnly mark,
sound a fanfare, venerate, worship
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Hallow \Hal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hallowing.]
[OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS.
h[=a]lgian, fr. h[=a]lig holy. See Holy.]
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to
consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
``Hallowed be thy name.'' --Matt. vi. 9.
Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer.
xvii. 24.
His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton.
In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground
[Gettysburg]. --A. Lincoln.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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