Behallow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Behallow is a verb meaning (transitive) To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
Meaning
(transitive) To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
Example Sentences
Kings are "behallowed" as well as bishops; […]
[...] bishops and servants of God — the "senatores natu majores," the elders and chiefs of the people — caused his eldest son, Egfurth, to be behallowed (which is the Saxon term used for the consecration of a bishop) as king of Mercia.
Word Forms
- behallows
- behallowing
- behallowed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hallow, sanctify, consecrate, bless, sanctificate, rehallow.
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