HALLOWING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in consecration

the act of making something holy through religious ritual the church's belief that the marriage ceremony is a hallowing of the union between a man and a woman

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hallowing

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verb

present participle of hallow

as in blessing

to make holy through prayers or ritual Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, "we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"

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Noun

Which is not to say that the Lido selection lacks luster or awards consecration potential.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026
Cruz, who traveled to Switzerland to witness the consecrations, said the first Sunday after returning to the Mount Holly church looked much like any other.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

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By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

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But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

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To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of sanctifying

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Podcast audiences are exceptionally engaged, dedicating about seven hours weekly, and exhibit high trust in hosts—far surpassing other influencers.

— Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Flexible payload options Instead of dedicating Thunder to a single role, Anduril built the aircraft around interchangeable payload bays.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026

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