hallow

noun

1. A saint; a holy person; an apostle.

   “All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day").”

2. (in-plural, obsolete)The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.

   “To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.”

3. A shout, cry; a hulloo.

   “Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.”

   “I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.”

verb

1. (transitive)To make holy, to sanctify.

   “[…]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.”

   “Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.”

2. To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

   “[…] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.”

adj

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of hollow.

   “If the sun were a hallow sphere of its present size and the earth were placed at the center[...]. Such a hallow sphere would hold more than a million balls the size of the earth.”

   “But it was not a hallow victory.”