Hallow
WordNet
verb
(1) Render holy by means of religious rites
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from
Noun
- A holy person; a saint.
- All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").
Verb
- To make holy, to sanctify.
- 1847: Come hallow the goblet with something more true
Than words we forget in a minute. —
- 1847: Come hallow the goblet with something more true
Noun
- A shout, cry; a hulloo.
- 1777: Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh. — Robin Hood's Chase, reprinted in
- 1772: I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows. —