Meaning & use
Hallowing
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Making something holy or treating it with great respect and reverence.
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The ceremony involved hallowing the new chapel with prayer and song.
They spoke of hallowing the memory of those who had died in service.
A note on using this word
Related to 'holy'; it survives today mainly in phrases like 'hallowed ground' and in the name Halloween, from 'All Hallows' Eve.
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