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
The military origin bears down the scale of testimony, and gives the leek the glory of a Cambrian victory as its consecrator to ornamental purposes.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
Must the consecration be made before or after the consecrator is presented to Jehovah?
From The Harp of God by J. F. (Joseph Franklin) Rutherford
Victorious over the Punic—victorious over the Gallic foe—carrying to the temple the arms which he, a leader, stripped from a leader—the third consecrator of such spoils—goes Marcellus.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
