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To make holy. Also: To respect greatly.

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  • Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
  • But here the old word hallowed is retained, only because people were used to it in the Lord's prayer.
  • I'm from - yes, I am from San Antonio, and we have our own little bit of what we call hallowed ground, that being the Alamo.
  • And insomuch as He finds place in us to work, is His name hallowed, and magnified, and made known.
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