consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
(verb) render holy by means of religious rites
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hallow (plural hallows)
(obsolete, outside, set phrases) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
hallow (third-person singular simple present hallows, present participle hallowing, simple past and past participle hallowed)
(transitive) To make holy, to sanctify.
• See also consecrate
hallow (third-person singular simple present hallows, present participle hallowing, simple past and past participle hallowed)
To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
hallow (plural hallows)
A shout, cry; a hulloo.
hallow (comparative more hallow, superlative most hallow)
Alternative spelling of hollow
Source: Wiktionary
Hal"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed(); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.] Etym: [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. halgian, fr. halig holy. See Holy.]
Definition: To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton. In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]. A. Lincoln.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
