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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hallow \Hal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hallowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Hallowing}.] [OE. halowen, halwien halgien AS h[=a]lgian, fr h[=a]lig 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hallowed adj : worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" [syn: {sacred}]
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