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hallowdom

noun

Etymology

From hallow + -dom.

  1. derived from *kéh₂ilos✻ — “safe, unharmed”
  2. derived from *hailaz✻ — “whole, safe, hale”
  3. inherited from *hailagô✻ — “holy one”
  4. inherited from hālga — “a holy one, saint”
  5. inherited from halwe — “a saint, holy thing, shrine”
  6. inherited from halwe
  7. suffixed as hallowdom — “hallow + dom”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being a hallow or saint

    The state or condition of being a hallow or saint; sainthood.

    • English sainthood was sometimes mystical but was never morbid or extravagant. Mr. Hutton in his earlier lectures draws out the varying forms which hallowdom took in different nations.

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