hallow
verb (used with object)
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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And when they were hallowing the minster, there was the king, Wulfere, and his brother Ethelred, and his sisters, Kyneburga and Kyneswitha.
From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Ingram, J. H. (James Henry)