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Webster 1913 Edition


Hallow

Hal′low

(hăl′lō̍)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hallowed
(-lō̍d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hallowing
.]
[OE.
halowen
,
halwien
,
halgien
, AS.
hālgian
, fr.
hālig
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hallow

HAL'LOW

,
Verb.
T.
[L. calleo, to be able.]
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.