hallow

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HAL'LOW, verb transitive [Latin calleo, to be able.] 1. To make holy; to consecrate; to set apart for holy or religious use. Exodus 28:38. 1 Kings 8:64. 2. To devote to holy or religious exercises; to treat as sacred. Hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jeremiah 17:22. 3. To reverence; to honor as sacred. Hallowed be thy name.
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