hallowed ground• For Muslims, Mecca is hallowed ground.• Stooping, shamed, he caressed the hallowed ground.• Indeed, Darwin, an evolutionist to the end, was laid to rest in the hallowed ground of Westminster Abbey.
hallowed halls• But why is it in the hallowed halls of a gallery of twentieth century design?
Originhallowed
(1200-1300)hallow“to make holy”, from Old Englishhalgian, from halig; → HOLY