hallow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hallow	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hallow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hallow v render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] Antonym(s): deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hallow to render sacred, to consecrate (Ex. 28:38; 29:1). This word is from the Saxon, and properly means "to make holy." The name of God is "hallowed", i.e., is reverenced as holy (Matt. 6:9).