Hallow /(hăl"lō̇)/

Hal·low

Hallow

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Hallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing

  1. To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
    Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein.
    — Jer. xvii. 24.
    His secret altar touched with hallowed fire.
    In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg].