different between hallowed vs elysian

English

Etymology

From Middle English halwed (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), from Old English ?eh?lgod (“hallowed, sacred, sanctified”), past participle of h?lgian (“to hallow, make holy”). Equivalent to hallow +? -ed. More at hallow.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hal??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hælo?d/
• Homophone: halloed

Adjective

hallowed (comparative more hallowed, superlative most hallowed)

1. Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XI:

     When ye praye, saye: Oure father which arte in heven, halowed be thy name.

Antonyms

• (sanctified, blessed): unhallowed

Derived terms

• mishallowed
• unhallowed

Translations

Verb

hallowed

1. simple past tense and past participle of hallow

English

Adjective

elysian (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Elysian.
   • 1774, James Beattie, The Minstrel, or, The Progress of Genius. A Poem. The Second Book, London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, and William Creech, Edinburgh, ?OCLC; republished as The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius: In Two Books. With Some Other Poems, London: Printed by T. Gillet, for C[harles] Dilly, in the Poultry, and W[illiam] Creech, Edinburgh, 1797, ?OCLC, stanza XXXVI, page 55:

     O who of man the story will unfold, / Ere victory and empire wrought annoy, / In that elysian age (misnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, […]

Anagrams

• Ainsley