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Revelry vs Hallowing - What's the difference?

revelry | hallowing | Related terms |

Revelry is a related term of hallowing.


As nouns the difference between revelry and hallowing

is that revelry is joyful merry-making while hallowing is the act by which something is hallowed.

As a verb hallowing is

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revelry

English

Noun

(revelries)
  • Joyful merry-making.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.

    Synonyms

    * celebration, festivity, revelment

    Derived terms

    * revelrous

    hallowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

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