Meaning of HALLOW
| Pronunciation: | | hu'low
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [v] render holy by means of religious rites |
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | bless, consecrate, sanctify |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | deconsecrate, desecrate | | |
| | See Also: | | declare, reconsecrate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \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.
|
| |
| Easton Bible Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | 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). |
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
| |
|
|
|