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单词 hallowing
释义

hallow

verb

hal·​low ˈha-(ˌ)lō How to pronounce hallow (audio)
hallowed; hallowing; hallows

transitive verb

1
: to make holy or set apart for holy use
2
: to respect greatly : venerate
the most hallowed of all law-enforcement agencies Dwight MacDonald

Synonyms

  • bless
  • consecrate
  • sacralize
  • sanctify
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Example Sentences

Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, “we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground”.
Recent Examples on the Web Frenchman Street’s hallowed jazz halls, including Snug Harbor, are empty. Andrew J. Yawn, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2020 The art of the civilizing myth, the pleasing illusion, which once did something to hallow the institution, has given way to a dress-down cult of the merely functional, a culture of drabness. Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020 Legend has it that proposals for a mid-engined Corvette date back to Zora Arkus-Duntov, the car’s hallowed first chief engineer. Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 29 Dec. 2019 Citizens cannot even agree over once-hallowed and shared national holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July. Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019 View this post on Instagram As the economic crisis hallows out some elements of Puerto Rican life, other locales evolve in the hands of artists. Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 31 Jan. 2019 The leaders of Abundant Life plan to celebrate the 250th anniversary of First Reformed with a reconsecration ceremony, a chance to fire up the rusty old organ and hallow these halls anew, in memory of those who built them centuries ago. Justin Chang, latimes.com, 17 May 2018 Industrial comebacks are possible The country’s industrial heartland can appear hallowed-out, based on statistics and its portrayal in the media. Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 25 Apr. 2018 Telling about the Holocaust as an end in itself hallows the slavery without the Exodus. Ruth R. Wisse, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English halowen, from Old English hālgian, from hālig holy — more at holy

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

hallow

verb

hal·​low ˈha-lō How to pronounce hallow (audio)
hallowed; hallowing
: to set apart for holy purposes : treat as sacred
This ground is hallowed.

hallowing 1 of 2

noun

as in consecration
the act of making something holy through religious ritual the church's belief that the marriage ceremony is a hallowing of the union between a man and a woman

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • consecration
  • worship
  • sanctification
  • reverence
  • purification
  • dedication
  • blessing
  • adoration
  • veneration
  • glorification

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • profanation
  • desecration
  • impiety
  • debasement
  • irreverence
  • defilement
  • sacrilege
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hallowing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of hallow
as in blessing
to make holy through prayers or ritual Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, "we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blessing
  • consecrating
  • sanctifying
  • sacralizing
  • dedicating
  • spiritualizing
  • devoting
  • purifying
  • cleansing
  • chastening
  • canonizing
  • baptizing
  • exorcising
  • expurgating
  • lustrating
  • baptising
  • exorcizing
  • committing
  • reconsecrating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • profaning
  • defiling
  • desecrating
  • polluting
  • violating
  • soiling
  • dirtying
  • tainting
  • punishing
  • blaspheming
  • cursing
  • desanctifying
  • fouling
  • desacralizing
  • damning
  • cussing
  • condemning
  • deconsecrating
  • execrating
  • damning
  • casting out
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