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Hallow

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈhæləʊ

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.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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