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verb render holy by means of religious rites
adjective worthy of religious veneration
originFrom Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ġehālgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of hālgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow + -ed. More at hallow.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0