hallow

Speech parts

1. hallow - Noun

2. hallow - Adjective

3. hallow - Verb

Meaning

To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consecrate bless sanctify worship dedicate venerate make holy make sacred saint revere adore jubilate sacre respect honor
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Antonyms

dragon hate slang foul curse violate
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Hypernyms

declare

Hyponyms

reconsecrate

Phrases with the word

all hallow all hallow even

Derivatives

hallowed hallowing

Examples

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. Sydney Smith

As leaving some grand waterfall, We, lingering, list its roar - So memory will hallow all We've known, but know no more. Abraham Lincoln

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers. Kahlil Gibran

I have lit my treasured candles, one by one, to hallow this night. Anna Akhmatova

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there 's no place like home; A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which sought through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere. John Howard Payne

A blessing said by some Jewish communities after the evening Shema includes a phrase quite similar to the opening of the Lord's Prayer: "Our God in heaven, hallow thy name, and establish thy kingdom forever, and rule over us for ever and ever. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hallot halloth halloumi Halloway Hallowday hallowdom