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Webster 1913 Edition
Hallow
Hal′low
(hăl′lō̍)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hallowed
(-lō̍d)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hallowing
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hallow
HAL'LOW
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make holy; to consecrate; to set apart for holy or religious use. Ex.28.29. 1 Kings 8.2.
To devote to holy or religious exercises; to treat as sacred. Hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer.17.
3.
To reverence; to honor as sacred. Hallowed be thy name.