Hallowing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hallow \Hal"low\ (h[a^]l"l[-o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Hallowed}(-l[-o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hallowing}.] [OE.
     halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. h[=a]lgian, fr. h[=a]lig holy.
     See {Holy}.]
     To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to
     consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.


     "Hallowed be thy name." --Matt. vi. 9.
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           Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer.
                                                    xvii. 24.
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           His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton.
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           In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground
           [Gettysburg].                            --A. Lincoln.
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