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▪ I. ˈhallowing, vbl. n.1 [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb hallow; consecration, dedication, sanctification.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xvi. [xxvii.] (1890) 72 æt biscopes halᵹunge. a1300Cursor M. 10215 Þe haluing Of temple. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. xxxi. (1495) 368 Thenne men goon wyth processyon to the fonte halowinge. 1482Churchw. Acc. Yatton (Som. Rec. Soc.) 113 Costs for hawluyng of the Cherche erde. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 397 Consecrating or Hallowing. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost v. 127 The hallowing of the name of God is that He may be known, and worshipped..and honoured by all His creatures. ▪ II. ˈhallowing, ppl. a.1 [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That hallows; sanctifying.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 103 Twa sarinesse beoð, an is þeos uuele oðer is halwende. a1225St. Marher. 18 Wið þe halwunde fur of þe hali gast. 1738Wesley Psalms v, On Thee, O God of Purity, I wait for hallowing Grace. 1885Athenæum 14 Feb. 226/1 The civilizing and hallowing influence of Christianity. ▪ III. hallowing, vbl. n.2 and ppl. a.2 : see after hallow v.2 |