We are on serious ground here, and one of the tasks of the novel is to see it hallowed, defiled, and then reconsecrated.
Instead of being an act of worship, voiced by people together speaking of God in hallowed surroundings, the Mass becomes a text to be considered, even pummeled, for its truth by one person so that others may consider it for themselves.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is a hallowed enough place, considering it is filled with bronze busts of the most legendary players the sport has ever had.
Picked by François Hollande to be economy minister after a row over austerity prompted a reshuffle, the young investment banker suggested that France could consider an end to its hallowed 35-hour week. 35-hour week
But the shift away from summer jobs also suggests that tens of thousands of teenagers are missing out on what some consider a hallowed American coming-of-age experience and, arguably, a social leveler that gives the college-bound a fleeting taste of working-class life.
President Obama's endorsement of this community center, within blocks of what many people consider hallowed ground, is unnecessary, insensitive and offensive.
But firefighters, focused on the search for buried colleagues, insisted on being allowed to remain in force on what they consider hallowed ground.
The development corporation has been criticized both for moving too slowly to begin sketching out plans for the rebuilding and for moving too quickly to start developing new commercial space on what some people, particularly victims' relatives, consider hallowed ground.
Commuter trains and subways will once again roll beneath ground many people consider hallowed, while pedestrians and, perhaps, buses and cars could flow through one or two streets that traverse the trade center's former plaza area.
Although considered hallowed ground in golf, the National, as it is called in Georgia, is set alongside Augusta's Washington Road, a clamorous collection of fast-food franchises, discount outlets and muffler shops.
