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Ceremony vs Hallowing - What's the difference?

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Ceremony is a related term of hallowing.


As nouns the difference between ceremony and hallowing

is that ceremony is a ritual with religious significance while hallowing is the act by which something is hallowed.

As a verb hallowing is

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ceremony

Alternative forms

* (both archaic)

Noun

(ceremonies)
  • A ritual with religious significance.
  • An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
  • A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
  • (obsolete) An omen or portent.
  • * 1599 , , II. i. 197:
  • For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 14:
  • Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.

    Derived terms

    * ceremonial * ceremonially * ceremonialness * ceremonious * ceremoniously * ceremoniousness * ramp ceremony

    hallowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is hallowed.