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HALLOWED
hallowed, sacred
(adjective) worthy of religious veneration; “the sacred name of Jesus”; “Jerusalem’s hallowed soil”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hallowed (comparative more hallowed, superlative most hallowed)
Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.
Antonyms
• (sanctified, blessed): unhallowed
Verb
hallowed
simple past tense and past participle of hallow
Source: Wiktionary
HALLOW
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
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