HALLOWED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hallowed mean? 

• HALLOWED (adjective)
  The adjective HALLOWED has 1 sense:

1. worthy of religious veneration

  Familiarity information: HALLOWED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALLOWED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worthy of religious veneration

Synonyms:

hallowed; sacred

Context example:

Jerusalem's hallowed soil

Similar:

holy (belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power)

 Context examples 

Upon which, Janet came running up the stairs as if the house were in flames, darted out on a little piece of green in front, and warned off two saddle-donkeys, lady-ridden, that had presumed to set hoof upon it; while my aunt, rushing out of the house, seized the bridle of a third animal laden with a bestriding child, turned him, led him forth from those sacred precincts, and boxed the ears of the unlucky urchin in attendance who had dared to profane that hallowed ground.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)