consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
consecrates
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present tense formof consecrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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What’s actually there behind another list that consecrates the same albums that always appear on such lists, plus, for some godforsaken reason, Travis Scott’s Astroworld?
From Slate ● May 24, 2024
In her exaltation of women, she purifies and consecrates their desires.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 30, 2015
Male domination in the leadership of the Church of England is coming to an end, as the 500-year-old institution consecrates its first female bishop.
From Time ● Jan. 26, 2015
In its most traditional form, the priest consecrates the bread and wine in a whisper with his back to the congregation: anathema to those who think openness is the spirit of the age.
From Economist ● Dec. 13, 2012
There is a priest in every village called the Manbunung who first consecrates the animal to the Anitos, and then kills it and returns it to the owner, reserving, however, the best piece for himself.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
