hallowed

adjective

hal·lowed | \ ˈha-(ˌ)lōd

, ˈha-ləd, in the Lord's Prayer often ˈha-lə-wəd\

Definition of hallowed

1 : holy, consecrated the church stands on hallowed ground

2 : sacred, revered the university's hallowed halls hallowed customs

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Examples of hallowed in a Sentence

The church stands on hallowed ground. the college's hallowed tradition of ringing the chapel bell one hundred times before commencement ceremonies

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And high up in the ship’s interior is one of its most hallowed spaces, the 9/11 tribute room. — Greg Norman, Fox News, "USS Arlington, named in honor of 9/11 victims and responders, visits NYC for first time during Fleet Week," 25 May 2018 Its layout includes the autograph table, a hallowed site in country music history, where Garth Brooks once signed for 23 hours straight. — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, "15 Pop Music Festivals to Catch This Summer," 17 May 2018 Long rumored to be dating, the two made their first public appearance, strolling into the art museum’s hallowed halls as cameras snapped away. — Vogue, "Who Is Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Princess Beatrice’s Rumored Boyfriend?," 18 Mar. 2019 At long last, the ideal Norwegian athlete had triumphed, for Norway, in the most hallowed of Norwegian sports. — David Segal, New York Times, "The Ski Pole That Norway Will Never Forget," 13 Feb. 2018 On the hallowed ground, where the Army of the Potomac collided with the Army of Northern Virginia in the bloodiest day in American military history, the flagpole in front of the visitor center remains conspicuously bare. — John Waters, The Seattle Times, "In shutdown, national parks transformed into Wild West — heavily populated and barely supervised," 2 Jan. 2019 This maelstrom is a ravaged place where champions scavenge keys in hope of unlocking hallowed vaults. — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, "KeyForge: The red-hot card game where every deck is unique—and unchangeable," 15 Dec. 2018 The label was an arbiter of cool, as were the other hallowed indies (many of which are no more, though Sub Pop endures). — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, "Taking to Rebecca Gates of The Spinanes, as Manos—a Lost '90s Indie-Rock Classic—Gets a Deluxe Reissue," 5 Dec. 2018 This hallowed version now resides in the National Archives, so washed out that many signatures, including Thomas Jefferson's, are either gone or barely visible. — Author: Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News, "Rare copy of Declaration of Independence survived Civil War hidden behind wallpaper," 19 Feb. 2018

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