Meaning

(obsolete outside set phrases) A saint; a holy person; an apostle..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete outside set phrases) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.
3. (transitive) To make holy, to sanctify.
4. To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
5. A shout, cry; a hulloo.
6. Alternative spelling of hollow.

Example Sentences

All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day").

To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.

[…]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.

Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.

[…] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.

Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.

I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.

If the sun were a hallow sphere of its present size and the earth were placed at the center[...]. Such a hallow sphere would hold more than a million balls the size of the earth.

Word Forms

• hallows
• hallowing
• hallowed
• halow
• alow
• a lo
• hallo
• hollo
• more hallow
• most hallow

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When Should You Use Hallow?

Use hallow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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