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Hallow


HAL'LOW, verb transitive [Latin calleo, to be able.]

1. To make holy; to consecrate; to set apart for holy or religious use. Exodus 28:38. 1 Kings 8:64.

2. To devote to holy or religious exercises; to treat as sacred.

Hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jeremiah 17:22.

3. To reverence; to honor as sacred.

Hallowed be thy name.