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Hallowed definition

hălōd
Made holy or sacred.
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Sanctified; consecrated.

A hallowed cemetery.

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Highly venerated; sacrosanct.

Our hallowed war heroes.

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Honored as holy; venerated.
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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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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.

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Hallowed Sentence Examples

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

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

  • The hallowed temple is respected by all the people in the religion.

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

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