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

/ ˈhæləʊ /

verb

1. to consecrate or set apart as being holy

2. to venerate as being holy

Other Word Forms

• hallower noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hallow¹

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”; holy

Word History and Origins

Origin of hallow¹

Old English hālgian, from hālig _holy

Example Sentences

“However, they have the nasty habit of invading our most hallowed space, and that’s our homes.”

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At the time, much of the classical-music establishment railed against Sinatra’s incursion into the hallowed halls of high culture.

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But CBS is already full of people who think they know what they’re doing, who believe they represent hallowed tradition, the so-called Tiffany network, against which the Free Press must seem a tad insubstantial.

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Meanwhile, the flower aisle at Michael’s has become hallowed ground synonymous with dreamy yearning thanks to Season 3’s fifth episode, told from Conrad’s point of view, that also marks Han’s directorial debut.

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But for the first time, Price made this record in Nashville, in RCA’s hallowed Studio A, the home of the “Nashville Sound.”

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Related Words

• sanctify