Definition of Halow
Hal"low (hăl"l&osl;), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hallowed(-l&osl;d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.] [OE. halowen,
halwien, halgien, AS. hālgian, fr.
hālig holy. See Holy.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (archaic) a holy person, a saint
- All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").
- to make holy, to sanctify
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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