Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make or set apart as holy.
- v. To respect or honor greatly; revere.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To mark or set apart as holy; consecrate to holy or religious use; keep sacred; regard or treat as holy; reverence; adore; hold in solemn honor.
- Synonyms Dedicate, Consecrate, etc. See devote.
Wiktionary
- v. To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
- n. A shout, cry; a hulloo.
- v. transitive To make holy, to sanctify.
- n. archaic or dialectal A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
- adj. alternative spelling of hollow.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
WordNet 3.0
- v. render holy by means of religious rites
Etymologies
- From Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā ("O!, alas!, oh!, lo!", interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English halwen, from Old English hālgian; see kailo- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A hallow is the royal regalia carried by the King, or the objects sought by someone such as a 'Grail Quester' In other words: horcruxes.”
“Strengthen the bonds of friendship among the inhabitants of all lands, and may the love of Your name hallow every home and every heart.”
“In Scripture, the word hallow is a synonym for the word sanctify.”
“As Christianity worked its way through Europe the day came to be known as All Hallows Eve, and that which was hallow, meaning holy or to be revered, was honored.”
“We have a new civic architecture that is either a kind of hallow facade, or whose expansion provides a backdoor way to demand new funding for government services.”
“The root word of Halloween is "hallow," which means "holy, consecrated and set apart for service.”
“The word Halloween, as you may well recall, is derived from two words: "hallow," meaning "to bless" -- and nothing says blessing like a gooey green spook -- and "een," the noise your mouth makes when you're prying the caramel out of your molars.”
Patricia Draznin: B00! SCARY is in the Dangling Eye of the Beholder
“Tabernacle; and first, the holy place, which the priests daily entered and which is called in verse 16 'the tent of meeting,' and next, the altar of burnt offering in the outer court, are in like manner sprinkled seven times with the blood, to 'hallow' them 'from the uncleanness of the children of Israel' (verse 19).”
“Christ in our hearts, then our hearts are temples; and if we 'hallow' the Christ that dwells within us, we shall take care that there are no foul things in that sanctuary.”
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
“Our evenings were such as hallow and make the luxury of cottage life -- evenings yielded up to cheerfulness, to content and harmony.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hallow’.
-
Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
-
Hunting cries
tantara, yoicks, tantivy, tallyho, chivvy, hoics, tally-ho, chivy, chevy, soho, hue, halloo and 15 more...
-
jaradgiese's Words
paronomasia, ostensible, insouciant, sobriquet, burlesque, insalubrious, apotheosis, hyperbole, connubial, felicity, florid, conurbation and 642 more...
-
spazgirl's words
dilettante, elegy, derelict, evince, solicitous, shibboleth, exculpate, karma, animadversion, arrogate, effrontery, grouse and 114 more...
-
caspermilktoast's Words
frenetic, farrago, fandango, ensemble, assay, emulsion, taut, winnow, ridonkulous, ginormous, frisson, idee fixe and 181 more...
-
mango22's Words
avalanche, apple, arrividerci, awry, adamant, asunder, barter, beloved, calm, cataclysmic, catastrophe, coat and 143 more...
-
Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
-
words
diplopic, dolorous, farrago, surety, scuttlebutt, Arabesque, infarct, neurasthenia, lambent, expurge, univocal, simper and 395 more...
-
From Book - SAT & College Dictionary ...
ebb, exotic, immure, abeyance, panegyric, debonair, protege, dissipate, frantic, penitent, abject, edify and 871 more...
-
Collage's Words
subtle, calamity, impale, qat, painterly, piebald, surly, nihilistic, repine, slake, larder, sepulchre and 349 more...
-
One more switchback
Tip of the hat to Stephen, who always tells me "only one more switchback" as we go up the trail. Usually it is a lie, but it still works!
switchback, heavens to murgat..., prosody, catarrh, ice storm, existential, predicament, intermingle, comingle, stolid, zeitgeist, bibliophage and 146 more...
-
Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
-
Harry Potter words
words, spells, charms, curses, artefacts and objects from the Harry Potter books
morsmordre, wingardium leviosa, centaur, alohomora, stupefy, expelliarmus, arithmancy, charm, hex, jinx, goblin, accio and 100 more...
-
eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
-
harry p
travesty, twilit, amort, fussy, sentinel, balustrade, lumbago, trice, gable, unwonted, impunity, perfunctory and 104 more...
-
Vocab Units 5 and 6 Juniors
acuity, deliniate, depraved, enervate, esoteric, fecund, fiat, figment, garner, hallow, idiosyncracy, ignominy and 28 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hallow.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.