hallow
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
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to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate.
to hallow a battlefield.
verb
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to consecrate or set apart as being holy
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to venerate as being holy
Other Word Forms
- hallower noun
Etymology
Origin of hallow
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
Example Sentences
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He looked at the Rose Bowl as hallowed ground.
From Los Angeles Times
But that does not stop him from occasionally dreaming of playing for United and stepping out on the hallowed turf at Old Trafford, much like his brothers.
From BBC
Pete Golding had spent nearly 20 years in college football, fantasizing about the day when he might become a head coach in the hallowed Southeastern Conference.
She is at once guardian angel and angel of death, watching over hallowed ground while carrying a tool of invasive modernity with her.
What was once a hallowed collection of 10 Midwestern universities has nearly doubled in size, to 18 schools, including those in the New York and Los Angeles TV markets.
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