HALLOWING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in consecration

the act of making something holy through religious ritual the church's belief that the marriage ceremony is a hallowing of the union between a man and a woman

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hallowing

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verb

present participle of hallow

as in blessing

to make holy through prayers or ritual Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, "we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"

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Recent Examples of hallowing

Noun

His character represents a hallowing of troop service without mention of what the troops are for or might be sent to do. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Its weekly Mass was cut to just two services each year to observe its feast day and consecration anniversary.

— New York Times, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Receiving a Nobel Prize is a lesser act of consecration than being burned at the stake.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of consecration

Verb

Big up to the D’Angelo family as well for blessing me with the opportunity to be able to have his first step out since his transition.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Our Father-Mother God, divine Love, is infinite, filling all space – blessing all Her children.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of blessing

Verb

But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of consecrating

Verb

To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of sanctifying

Verb

Many states are offering the chance to impact conservation and wildlife as well, through ballot measures focused on things like dedicating more money to habitat protection or mitigating the impacts of climate change.

— Neel Dhanesha, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026
The Duo’s inner screen is best used when dedicating the whole thing to a single app like Netflix.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

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