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behallow

verb

Etymology

From be- + hallow.

Definitions

  1. To make holy

    To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.

    • [...] bishops and servants of God — the "senatores natu majores," the elders and chiefs of the people — caused his eldest son, Egfurth, to be behallowed (which is the Saxon term used for the consecration of a bishop) as king of Mercia.
    • Kings are "behallowed" as well as bishops; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA