| \HAL-ohd\ | adjective
1. regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
| | Quotes | ... he must take the patent leather from off his feet, for the ground on which he stands is hallowed ground.
-- Saki, The Unbearable Bassington, 1912 | | | | | | | | | | Origin of hallowed | | Hallowed comes from the verb hallow, which stems from Old English hālgian and is derivative of hālig meaning "holy." | |
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