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The Hallows contained the [[House of the Kings]] and the [[House of the Stewards]]. | The Hallows contained the [[House of the Kings]] and the [[House of the Stewards]]. | ||
The [[Hobbits]] [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]], of the [[Company of the Ring]], were also given a place there after their deaths, beside the tomb of King [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]. | The [[Hobbits]] [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]], of the [[Fellowship of the Ring|Company of the Ring]], were also given a place there after their deaths, beside the tomb of King [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Hallows'' means "sacred place" and is a translation of an unknown [[Gondor Sindarin]] name.<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 771</ref> | ''Hallows'' means "sacred place" and is a translation of an unknown [[Gondor Sindarin]] name.<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 771</ref> | ||
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The Hallows were a place in Minas Tirith where Kings of Gondor, Stewards and other important men of the realm were buried. It was built on the shoulder of the hill, belonged to the fourth level of the city and accessed through the sixth, by passing the Fen Hollen to Rath Dínen.
The Hallows contained the House of the Kings and the House of the Stewards.
The Hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, of the Company of the Ring, were also given a place there after their deaths, beside the tomb of King Aragorn Elessar.
Etymology
Hallows means "sacred place" and is a translation of an unknown Gondor Sindarin name.[1]
