hallowed
adjUK /ˈhæləʊd/ · US /ˈhæloʊd/
Etymology From Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ġehālgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of hālgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow + -ed. More at hallow.
1
Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.
- When ye praye / ſaye: Oure father which arte in hevẽ / halowed be thy name.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke xj:[2], folio xciij, verso:
- Derived terms
- enhallowed, hallowedly, hallowedness, mishallowed, unhallowed