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单词 well-hallowed
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well-hallowedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈhaləʊd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈhæloʊd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and hallowed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., hallowed adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + hallowed adj.
Greatly sanctified; very holy. Now chiefly in extended use: highly respected due to long usage or custom; traditional.
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traditional1545
well-hallowed1576
traditionary1584
traditive1602
traditious1612
traditory1646
traductive1657
transmitted1794
tralatitious1795
handed-down1801
tralaticiary1900
trad1955
1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. viii. 805/1 (table) This Clarke was heard say that all the worlde was as well halowed as ye church or Churchyard.
?1602 R. Ayton Eng. & Lat. Poems (1963) 110 With ane weell hallowit hairt.
1611 H. Ainsworth Arrow against Idolatrie v. 151 No thing is wel hallowed without it [sc. the cross].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 293 To put forth My rightfull hand in a wel-hallow'd cause. View more context for this quotation
1856 Crayon 3 379/2 Then will..the poet's well-hallowed mind be proof against his traditional madness.
1943 Polit. Sci. Q. 58 585 Leggett's own social philosophy..was compounded of a few well-hallowed elements.
1962 J. J. Figueroa in E. J. King Communist Educ. vi. 124 The use of well-hallowed academic terminology.
2012 M. S. Seligmann Royal Navy & German Threat 1901–14 168 Any number of well-hallowed precedents and well-meaning attempts to improve human behaviour would be set aside without much compunction if and when it was expedient to do so.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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