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Sanctuary vs Hallow - What's the difference?

sanctuary | hallow |

As nouns the difference between sanctuary and hallow

is that sanctuary is a place of safety, refuge or protection while hallow is (archaic|or|dialectal) a saint; a holy person; an apostle or hallow can be a shout, cry; a hulloo.

As a verb hallow is

to make holy, to sanctify or hallow can be to shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

As an adjective hallow is

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sanctuary

English

(wikipedia sanctuary)

Noun

(sanctuaries)
  • A place of safety, refuge or protection.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary ,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
    My car is a sanctuary , where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.
  • An area set aside for protection.
    • The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.
  • A state of being protected, asylum.
    • The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.
  • The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

    • Synonyms

    * haven * presbytery * refuge * zoar * shelter

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    hallow

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia hallow) From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
    • 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).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make holy, to sanctify.
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    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) halowen, from , probably conflated with (etyl) halloer.

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shout, cry; a hulloo.
  • * 1777 , Robin Hood's Chase , reprinted in
    • 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.
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    • 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.

    Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
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