consecrate
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
to make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time.
to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.
to admit or ordain to a sacred office, especially to the episcopate.
to change (bread and wine) into the Eucharist.
Origin of consecrate
1synonym study For consecrate
Other words for consecrate
Opposites for consecrate
Other words from consecrate
- con·se·cra·tor, con·se·crat·er, noun
- con·se·cra·to·ry [kon-si-kruh-tawr-ee], /ˈkɒn sɪ krəˌtɔr i/, con·se·cra·tive, adjective
- de·con·se·crate, verb (used with object), de·con·se·crat·ed, de·con·se·crat·ing.
- pre·con·se·crate, verb (used with object), pre·con·se·crat·ed, pre·con·se·crat·ing.
- re·con·se·crate, verb (used with object), re·con·se·crat·ed, re·con·se·crat·ing.
- un·con·se·cra·tive, adjective
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How to use consecrate in a sentence
The highest form is both creative and consecrative, if I may use the word, merging in diviner thought.
The House with the Green Shutters | George Douglas Brown
British Dictionary definitions for consecrate
/ (ˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt) /
to make or declare sacred or holy; sanctify
to dedicate (one's life, time, etc) to a specific purpose
to ordain (a bishop)
Christianity to sanctify (bread and wine) for the Eucharist to be received as the body and blood of Christ
to cause to be respected or revered; venerate: time has consecrated this custom
archaic consecrated
Origin of consecrate
1Derived forms of consecrate
- consecration, noun
- consecrator, noun
- consecratory (ˌkɒnsɪˈkreɪtərɪ) or consecrative, adjective
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