VERB | communication | hallow, consecrate, bless, sanctify | render holy by means of religious rites |
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Sounds | hhae'low | |
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Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... |
Meaning | Render holy by means of religious rites. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | consecrate, bless, sanctify | |
Narrower | reconsecrate | consecrate anew, as after a desecration |
Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
Opposite | desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate | Remove the consecration from a person or an object |
Spanish | consagrar, halloween, santificar | |
Catalan | santificar |
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