Hallowed
['hæləʊd] or ['hælod]
Definition
(adj.) worthy of religious veneration; 'the sacred name of Jesus'; 'Jerusalem's hallowed soil' .
Typist: Vern--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Hallow
Typed by Debora
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Holy, sacred, blessed.
Checker: Luther
Examples
- The pilgrims took what was left of the hallowed ruin, and we pressed on toward the goal of our crusade, renowned Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Whatever we want to do is hallowed and justified, if it can be made to appear as a deduction from that sentence. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Hallowed be thy name! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What to him the sanctity of the star which the Son of God has hallowed as his own emblem? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- From this time, an inviolable sphere of peace encompassed the lowly heart of the oppressed one,--an ever-present Saviour hallowed it as a temple. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Reverence for the hallowed Past and its traditions keeps the dismal fashion in force now that the compulsion exists no longer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hallowed be--thy-- The light is come upon the dark benighted way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Luther