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hallows

/ˈhæləʊz/US/ˈhæloʊz/

hallows is the plural of hallow.

hallows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hallow.

Meaning of hallow

Noun (1)

hallow (plural hallows)

  1. (obsolete outside set phrases) 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.

Noun (2)

hallow (plural hallows)

  1. 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.1777, Robin Hood's Chase, reprinted in 2003, Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Courier Dover Publications, page 206

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Noun

hallows pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) The relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept.

Proper noun capitalized: Hallows

Hallows

  1. A surname.

Forms of hallows

alternative formHallowes

Origin of hallows

From Old English halh (“hollow”).

Phrases with hallows

Words that rhyme with hallows

Questions about hallows

What does hallows mean?
Hallows means the relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept.
What is hallows the plural of?
Hallows is the plural of hallow.
What part of speech is hallows?
Hallows can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hallows?
Hallows is pronounced /ˈhæləʊz/ (UK).

Words near hallows in the dictionary

  1. Halloweven
  2. hallowing
  3. hallowings
  4. hallowly
  5. Hallowmas
  6. hallows
  7. Hallows Eve
  8. Hallows' Eve
  9. Hallowtide
  10. halloysite
  11. halloysites

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