Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hallowed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hallowed
adj : worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus";
"Jerusalem's hallowed soil" [syn: {sacred}]


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