hallowed
adjective
, ˈha-ləd, in the Lord's Prayer often ˈha-lə-wəd\
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revered, reverend, sacred, venerable, venerated
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While the previous sentences' T.S. Eliot's reference learned in the hallowed halls of my own upper school admittedly doesn't serve me in my everyday life, learning how to cook dinner or manage my money responsibly would have. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, "A High School in Round Rock, Texas Is Offering an "Adulting 101" Class," 29 Aug. 2019 In the hallowed halls of media cliches, a gigantic football score is normally known as a cricket score. — SI.com, "Bayern Munich Romp to Brutal 23-0 Victory Over Amateur Side FC Rottach-Egern," 8 Aug. 2019 Thanks to an 1837 Mexican land grant, his family once owned about 9,000 acres of land in Santa Maria — land that now houses some of the area’s most hallowed vineyards, like Bien Nacido. — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, "Santa Barbara wine has never been more thrilling — or more complicated," 1 Aug. 2019 And like Bowie, Jagger, by virtue of his big blue eyes, hallowed cheekbones, and pouty lips, had a great face for makeup. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "Happy Birthday, Mick Jagger! Here, the Rock Icon’s 10 Best Beauty Moments," 26 July 2019 Childhood was a hallowed time in the Soviet imagination. — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, "Svetlana Alexievich’s Child’s-Eye View," 22 July 2019 A few years ago, museums started inviting guest curators to use their hallowed precincts to mount exhibits. — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "Let’s Have Celebrities Curate More of Our Lives," 3 July 2019 Orlando has its own hallowed place in gay history because of 2016’s Pulse nightclub massacre in which 49 lost their lives. — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, "Stonewall at 50: Toast gay progress," 25 June 2019 Our ‘Father-Mother Creator god,’ who art on Earth, hallowed be thy names . . . — Declan Leary, National Review, "The Problem with Trying to Make Catholicism Relatable in the Amazon," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hallowed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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