behallow

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behallow

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From be- + hallow.

verb behallows · behallowing · behallowed

transitive To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely. [...] bishops and servants of God — the "senatores natu majores," the elders and chiefs of the people — caused his eldest son, Egfurth, to be behallowed (which is the Saxon term used for the consecration of a bishop) as king of Mercia.

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@misc{behallow_2026,
  title = {behallow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/behallow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}