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单词 unhallow
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unhallowv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1a. Compare German ent-, Dutch ontheiligen, Old Norse úhelga (Swedish ohelga, older Danish uhelge).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈhallow.
transitive. To deprive of a holy or sacred character; to profane. (Common c1575–1660.)
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society > faith > worship > sacrilege > cause sacrilege [verb (transitive)]
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profanea1425
depravea1529
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profanate1554
execratea1572
profanizate1578
sacrilege1578
unconsecrate1598
exaugurate1600
defoil1601
dishallow1624
desecrate1675
disenhallow1846
profanizea1876
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lvi. A He that taketh hede, yt he vnhalowe not the Sabbath.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. iii. 4 Hir prestes vn~halowe the Sanctuary.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (l. 8) Defylements that unhalowe the servis of God.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 1898 That I, for ever, may those paths refuse Which may unhallow, or pervert my Muse.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 36 Nothing more unhallows a man,..then a habit of wrath and perturbation.
1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xiv. 462 Pride, and vain-glory, and self-esteem,..unhallow'd everything else that was good in him.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 470/1 A sense of the co-presence of circumstances which unhallow the blessing.
1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxix. 331 In a world where so much is ever seeking to unhallow our spirits, to render them common and profane.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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