hallowed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hallowed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hallowed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hallowed adj worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" Synonym(s): hallowed, sacred
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[be]lgian, fr. h[be]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. [bd]Hallowed be thy name.[b8] --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.