Hallow

hallow
    v 1: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {consecrate},
         {bless}, {hallow}, {sanctify}] [ant: {deconsecrate},
         {desecrate}, {unhallow}]
    

Hallow \Hal"low\ (h[a^]l"l[-o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Hallowed}(-l[-o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hallowing}.] [OE.
   halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. h[=a]lgian, fr. h[=a]lig holy.
   See {Holy}.]
   To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to
   consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
   "Hallowed be thy name." --Matt. vi. 9.
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         Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer.
                                                  xvii. 24.
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         His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton.
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         In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground
         [Gettysburg].                            --A. Lincoln.
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Hallow
to render sacred, to consecrate (Ex. 28:38; 29:1). This word is
from the Saxon, and properly means "to make holy." The name of
God is "hallowed", i.e., is reverenced as holy (Matt. 6:9).
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "hallow":
      beat the drum, beatify, bless, blow the trumpet, canonize,
      celebrate, cleanse, commemorate, consecrate, dedicate, devote,
      dress ship, enshrine, exalt, fire a salute, glorify, hold jubilee,
      honor, jubilate, jubilize, keep, maffick, make merry, mark,
      memorialize, observe, purify, respect, revere, reverence, saint,
      sanctify, set apart, signalize, solemnize, solemnly mark,
      sound a fanfare, venerate, worship