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hallowdom en · NOUN

Etymology

From hallow + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being a hallow or saint; sainthood.
    • English sainthood was sometimes mystical but was never morbid or extravagant. Mr. Hutton in his earlier lectures draws out the varying forms which hallowdom took in different nations. 1904, John Douglas Cook, Philip Harwood, Walter Herries Pollock, Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art - Volume 96 - Page 428:
    • "What is this Anser's rank, if I may make so bold as to ask? Surely he cannot now wear the yellow robe; I believe I know all the clerics of my own rank throughout Avornis. Would you elevate to the arch-hallowdom a man from the green, or even from the black?" 2003, Dan Chernenko, The bastard king - Page 246: