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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hallows

in All-Hallows, a survival of hallow in the noun sense of "holy personage, saint," attested from Old English haligra but little used after c.1500. Hallowmas "All-saints" is first attested late 14c.

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hallows

n. 1 (plural of hallow English) 2 (context archaic English) The relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept. vb. (en-third-person singular of: hallow)

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Hallows (surname)

Hallows is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Charlie Hallows (1895-1972), English cricketer
  • E. Harold Hallows (1904-1974), American jurist
  • James Hallows (1873-1910), English cricketer
  • John Hallows (1907-1963), English professional footballer
  • Norman Hallows (1886-1968), English athlete

Usage examples of "hallows".

There is nothing Dark about the Hallows – at least not in that crude sense.

Those of us who understand these matters, however, recognize that the ancient story refers to three objects, or Hallows, which, if united, will make the possessor master of Death.

He probably doesn’t believe in the Deathly Hallows at all, he just wanted to keep us talking until the Death Eaters arrived!

If he had known about the Deathly Hallows, he might not have needed Horcruxes in the first place.

Please,” she said as she started to speak, “please just answer me this: If the Deathly Hallows really existed, and Dumbledore knew about them, knew that the person who possessed all of them would be master of Death --- Harry, why wouldn’t he have told you?

He was turning the Snitch over and over in his hands, half expecting it to break open, to reveal the Resurrection Stone, to prove to Hermione that he was right, that the Deathly Hallows were real.

And yet the fiercer the longing for the Hallows burned inside him, the less joyful it made him.

Harry’s belief in and longing for the Hallows consumed him so much that he felt isolated from the other two and their obsession with the Horcruxes.

Dumbledore had left the sign of the Hallows for Hermione to decipher, and he had also, Harry remained convinced of it, left the Resurrection Stone hidden in the golden Snitch.

And looking after Ariana took a backseat then, while they were hatching all their plans for a new Wizarding order and looking for Hallows, and whatever else it was they were so interested in.

The story of them being Death’s own Hallows seems to me the sort of legend that might have sprung up around such creations.

I had long since given up my dream of uniting the Hallows, but I could not resist, could not help taking a closer look.

I did not want to hear that I could not set forth and seek Hallows with a fragile and unstable sister in tow.

He vanished, with his plans for seizing power, and his schemes for Muggle torture, and his dreams of the Deathly Hallows, dreams in which I had encouraged him and helped him.

I was unworthy to unite the Deathly Hallows, I had proved it time and again, and here was final proof.