hallow — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A saint; a holy person; an apostle.

   Examples

   All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day").

2. The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.

   Usage

   • in-plural
   • Obsolete

   Examples

   To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.

Verb

1. To make holy, to sanctify.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   […]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.

   Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.

Verb

1. To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   […] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.

Noun

1. A shout, cry; a hulloo.

   Examples

   Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.

   More examples (1)

   I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.

Verb

1. render holy by means of religious rites

   Synonyms

   consecrateblesssanctify

   Broader terms

   declare