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

Derived Forms

• ˈhallower, noun

Other Words From

• hallow·er 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

To live with ugliness, we must hallow loveliness the more, remembering that it often springsfrom mud into light-filled air.

From Washington Post

The replacement of Reagan by Clinton seemed to hallow anti-government paranoia.

From The Daily Beast

On All-hallow eve Mrs. S. and myself visited a large cemetery.

From Project Gutenberg

The worst of our education is that Christianity does not recognise and hallow Sex.

From Project Gutenberg

This love Meadows thought and hoped would hallow the unlawful means by which he must crown it.

From Project Gutenberg

An alloy is a mixture or medley, anything allowed is according to law, and hallow is the same word as holy.

From Project Gutenberg

Sacrifice and Self-Devotion hallow earth and fill the skies.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• sanctify