Hallowed meaning

hăl'ōd
Highly venerated; sacrosanct.

Our hallowed war heroes.

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Hallowed is defined as to declare sacred or holy, or to honor as holy.

When you attribute religious meaning to the name of God, this is an example of a time when you hallowed the name or made it holy.

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Sanctified; consecrated.

A hallowed cemetery.

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Made holy or sacred.
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Honored as holy; venerated.
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Simple past tense and past participle of hallow.
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Origin of hallowed

From Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ġehālgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of hālgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow +‎ -ed. More at hallow.

Sentence Examples

  • The church was a hallowed place because of the sacred artifacts.

  • The transition from the true relic to the hallowed object was especially common.

  • There the army of devotees tends more especially to the Ganges - the hallowed river of Hindu belief.

  • The river was recognized as hallowed by the native community.

  • The hallowed family tradition has been passed down for decades.

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