hallowed

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UK/ˈhæləʊd/US/ˈhæloʊd/

adjective

Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

Similar
consecratedholysacredblessedcelestialdevoutfuldivineheavenly
Opposite
unhallowed
OriginMiddle English halwed ← Old English ġehālgod →
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Meanings

adjectivehallowed (comparative more hallowed, superlative most hallowed)

comparative more hallowed · superlative most hallowed

  1. Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

    When ye praye / ſaye: Oure father which arte in hevẽ / halowed be thy name.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke xj:[2], folio xciij, verso

    Synonyms: consecrated, holy, sacred, blessed, celestial, devoutful, divine, heavenly · Antonyms: unhallowed

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of hallow

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveConsecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

Similar
consecratedholysacredblessedcelestialdevoutfuldivineheavenlyholygodlysacredsanctimoniousconsecrateddivinedholysacratesacredsanctified
Opposite
unhallowed

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveworthy of religious veneration

Similar
sacredholy
Also see
blesseddevoutfuldivinedivinedenhallowedheavenlyholysacratesacredsacrosanctsanctified

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishġehālgod“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”
  2. Middle Englishhalwed“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”
  3. Englishhallowed

From Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ġehālgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of hālgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow + -ed. More at hallow.

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Translations

Catalan sagrat
  • sagratconsecrated; holy
Danish helliget
  • helligetconsecrated; holy
Finnish pyhitetty
  • pyhitettyconsecrated; holy
German geheiligt, geweiht
  • geheiligtconsecrated; holy
  • geweihtconsecrated; holy
Hungarian szentelt
  • szenteltconsecrated; holy
Latin sanctus
  • sanctusconsecrated; holy
Spanish santificado, sacro
  • santificadoconsecrated; holy
  • sacroconsecrated; holy
  • sacralconsecrated; holy
  • sacrosantoconsecrated; holy
  • hieráticoconsecrated; holy
Swedish helgad
  • helgadconsecrated; holy
Vietnamese linh thiêng, thiêng liêng
  • linh thiêngconsecrated; holy
  • thiêng liêngconsecrated; holy

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

halloedhalloed
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APA

hallowed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hallowed

MLA

“hallowed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hallowed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hallowed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hallowed.

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