Mishallowed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mishallowed is an adjective meaning Consecrated to evil uses, or by unhallowed means.
Meaning
Consecrated to evil uses, or by unhallowed means.
Example Sentences
We must leave here the body of Henry Cozens, pitifully slain. My own boyhood has died in agony on this gaunt mishallowed rock grown weary in gazing so long upon the Pacific's meaningless settle and heave.
The high places not only stood, but were frequented both by the people and king. I do not find David climbing up those mishallowed hills in an affection of the variety of altars: Solomon doth so, and yet loves the Lord, and is loved of God again.
Which bade to battle the best knight that stood On Arthur's, and so dying of his wild mood Had set upon his conqueror's flesh the seal Of his mishallowed and anointed steel, Whereof the venom and enchanted might Made the sign burn here branded in her sight.
Synonyms for mishallowed
Depending on context, synonyms include profane, unhallowed, common, unholy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include profaned, profane, cursed, contaminated, mishealed, polluted.
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