consecrate
verb (used with object)
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity.
consecrator
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a word derived from
consecrate.
Example Sentences
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In a statement, Dr Sentamu said archbishops had always had the power to "delegate" part of their role as chief consecrator.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2015
At this service no vimpas will be used: the consecrator will be the Presiding Bishop of the Church, Henry' St. George Tucker, who has never worn a cope, much less a mitre.
From Time Magazine Archive
This series of legends commences with the patriarch Enoch, who is supposed to have been the first consecrator of the Stone of Foundation.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
No fitter consecrator could be found for him than Secundus of Ptolemais, one of the two bishops who held out to the last against the council.
From The Arian Controversy by Henry Melvill Gwatkin
An assistant priest then read the mandate in a loud voice; upon which they all sat down, and the consecrator saying, "Thanks be to God!"
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
