MEANING
Regarded as holy or deserving deep reverence.
Use it for
Sacred burial places, protected customs, reverence for the past.Explain why a place or practice seems beyond ordinary interference.
Words that belong together
- hallowed ground
- hallowed tradition
- hallowed memory
On the page
They believed the graves stood on hallowed ground.
She challenged a hallowed family tradition by opening the locked room.
The chapel was hallowed by generations of prayer.
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- hallowed
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Can describe revered secular traditions; does not mean haunted. Usually attributive or followed by by. Normally non-gradable in sacred status; figurative degrees possible. Separate verb hallow.
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