'Hallow' definitions:
Definition of 'hallow'
(from WordNet)
verb
Render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow]
Definition of 'Hallow'
From: GCIDE
- Hallow \Hal"low\ (h[a^]l"l[-o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed(-l[-o]d); 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. [1913 Webster]
- Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer. xvii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]. --A. Lincoln. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hallow'
From: 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).
Synonyms of 'hallow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beat the drum,
- beatify,
- bless,
- blow the trumpet,
- canonize,
- celebrate,
- cleanse,
- commemorate,
- consecrate,
- dedicate,
- devote,
- dress ship,
- enshrine,
- exalt,
- fire a salute,
- glorify,
- hold jubilee,
- honor,
- jubilate,
- jubilize,
- keep,
- maffick,
- make merry,
- mark,
- memorialize,
- observe,
- purify,
- respect,
- revere,
- reverence,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- set apart,
- signalize,
- solemnize,
- solemnly mark,
- sound a fanfare,
- venerate,
- worship