hallow means A saint; a holy person; an apostle. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
hallow is pronounced /ˈhæləʊ/.
Why “hallow” is a great word
HALLOW — [Noun, Verb] A saint or holy person; to make holy, or to shout to urge on hounds. From Old English hālga ("a holy one, saint"), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô ("holy one"), from *hailagaz ("holy"), from *hailaz ("whole, safe"). Unlike "sanctify," which implies a formal, consecrating rite, or "revere," which denotes deep respect without making sacred, to hallow is to confer a primal, declared holiness—or to shatter that same solemnity with a raw, driving cry. It is the worn name on a Celtic cross, the halloo across a misty moor, and the quieted ground of a forgotten battlefield. The word stands as a boundary stone between the sacred and the profane, between the cloister and the chase.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halwe (“a saint, holy thing, shrine”), from Old English hālga (“a holy one, saint”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Scots halow, hallow (“saint”), German Heiliger (“saint (male)”) / Heilige (“saint (female)”). More at holy, whole.
noun
- 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").”
- The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.“To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.”
- A shout, cry; a hulloo.“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.”
verb
- To make holy, to sanctify.“[…]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.”
- To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.“[…] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.”