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unhallowed

/ˈʌnˌhæloʊd/
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Something that's unhallowed hasn't been blessed by a bishop or other religious authority. If a body is buried in "unhallowed ground," it's not a church-sanctioned cemetery or graveyard.

An object, building, or piece of land that's hallowed is considered to be holy, or officially blessed by a priest or other religious authority. The words hallowed and unhallowed are used most frequently in religious speech or writing, often Catholic. A proper Catholic burial, for example, would be in hallowed ground. Both words come from the Old English halgian, "to make holy, consecrate, or ordain," related to halig, or "holy."

Definitions of unhallowed
  1. adjective
    not hallowed or consecrated
    synonyms: unholy
    profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified
    not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
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