Meaning of Hallow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
2. A shout, cry; a hulloo.
3. The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.
   in-plural, obsolete

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Examples

“All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day").”

“To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.”

“Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.”

“I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.”

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