Synonyms of hallowing

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consecration
• purification
• blessing
• sanctification
• worship
• dedication
• reverence
• adoration
• veneration
• glorification

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• desecration
• sacrilege
• impiety
• debasement
• defilement
• irreverence
• profanation

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"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blessing
• consecrating
• sanctifying
• dedicating
• sacralizing
• devoting
• spiritualizing
• baptising
• purifying
• cleansing
• baptizing
• chastening
• canonizing
• exorcising
• exorcizing
• expurgating
• lustrating
• committing
• reconsecrating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• profaning
• defiling
• desecrating
• violating
• polluting
• soiling
• tainting
• dirtying
• cursing
• punishing
• blaspheming
• fouling
• desanctifying
• desacralizing
• damning
• cussing
• deconsecrating
• condemning
• execrating
• casting out