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

As election day looms just beyond this ancient celebration, it’s time to put the “hallow” back in Halloween.

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The hallowed New York Yankees stood frozen in their dugout, stripped of their aura and bludgeoned at their essence, painfully demolished pinstripe by pinstripe.

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The Dodgers are finishing October with a team of Supermen, and even the hallowed home of the hallowed pinstripes couldn’t phase them.

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Any structure is a living embodiment of history, and many stadiums are hallowed ground to their fans.

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The result is that we now have as many supermarket chains as we have categories of food product in those hallowed minor warehouses.

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Related Words

• sanctify