Hallow vs Anoint - What's the difference?
hallow | anoint |
(archaic, or, dialectal) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
A shout, cry; a hulloo.
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(label) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
* And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint . —Dryden.
* He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. —John ix. 6.
(label) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
* Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. —Exod. xxix. 7.
* Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. —1 Kings xix. 15.
to choose or nominate somebody for an leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor
to mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony
As verbs the difference between hallow and anoint
is that hallow is to make holy, to sanctify or hallow can be to shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting while anoint is (label) to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.As a noun hallow
is (archaic|or|dialectal) a saint; a holy person; an apostle or hallow can be a shout, cry; a hulloo.As an adjective hallow
is .hallow
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Etymology 1
(wikipedia hallow) From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)- All Hallows''' Eve'' (or Halloween), the night before ''All '''Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 3
From (etyl) halowen, from , probably conflated with (etyl) halloer.Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.
