hallowed
adjective
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Hallowed Has Old English Roots
The adjective hallowed, meaning "holy" or "revered," isn’t especially spooky, but its history is entwined with that of a certain spooky season. Hallowed is the past participle of the verb hallow, a term that descends from the Middle English word halowen. That word can be traced back to the Old English adjective hālig, meaning "holy." During the Middle Ages, All Hallows' Day was the name for what Christians now call All Saints' Day (hallow was once used also as a noun referring to a saint), and the evening that preceded All Hallows' Day was All Hallows' Eve or All Hallow Even—or, as we know it today, Halloween. (Although pumpkins are often hollowed out on Halloween, hollow has a different Old English root.)
Examples of hallowed in a Sentence
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
But when that third victory comes in Game 7, after a start and a win the night before, the achievement echoes through the hallowed corridors of Cooperstown.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The king was buried on the grounds of the museum, so this really is hallowed ground.
—Kinsey Gidick, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
American Express, the grizzled veteran of consumer debt, was hosting its premium cardholders inside the hallowed grounds, seating them in the fourth row of Centre Court and serving them high tea in a beige suite adorned with hanging petunias.
—Alyson Krueger, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Hallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallowed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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