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hallowed

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hal·lowed  (hld)
adj.
1. Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery.
2. Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes.
hallowed
Adjective
1. regarded as holy: hallowed ground
2. respected and revered because of age, importance, or reputation: the hallowed pitch at Lord's [Old English hālgian to consecrate]
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Adj.1.hallowed - worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil"
sacred
holy - belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
hallowed
adjective sanctified, holy, blessed, sacred, honoured, dedicated, revered, consecrated, sacrosanct, inviolable, beatified
Translations
German hallowed [ˈhæləud] adj (ground) → heilig (fig) (respected, revered) → geheiligt
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- lest her sweet soul, amid its hallowed mirth, "Should catch the note, as it doth float - up from the damned Earth.
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Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.
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