"rehallow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rehallows [present, singular, third-person], rehallowing [participle, present], rehallowed [participle, past], rehallowed [past]
Etymology: From re- + hallow. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|re|hallow#Etymology_2}} re- + hallow Head templates: {{en-verb}} rehallow (third-person singular simple present rehallows, present participle rehallowing, simple past and past participle rehallowed)
  1. To reconsecrate; to restore to holiness.

Inflected forms

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