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/kˈɑnsəkrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Consecrate v. t. (past & past part. consecrated; pres. part. consecrating)

To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God. "One day in the week is... consecrated to a holy rest."

To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. "Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons."

To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

Synonyms: See Addict.

adjective

Consecrate adj. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. "They were assembled in that consecrate place."

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Etymology of 'Consecrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Consecrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... (he spoke slowly and solemnly) "to pour out your blood in penance and to consecrate your body to Christ is a great thing to do. Have you meditated deeply upon this step? Are you sure the Lord Jesus has called you to his service? And what assurance have I that you are sincere in all you say, that if I make you my brother in the blood of Christ, you will ...

— The Blood of the Conquerors • Harvey Fergusson

... were once trim garden alleys, have gone wandering a-riot into country hedges. There is no demarcation between the great man's villa and the neighbouring farms. From this point the path rises, and the barren hillside is a-bloom with late-flowering myrtles. Why did the Greeks consecrate these myrtle-rods to Death as well as Love? Electra complained that her father's tomb had not received the honour of the myrtle branch; and the Athenians wreathed their swords with myrtle in memory of Harmodius. Thinking of these matters, ...

— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series • John Addington Symonds

... represent the SON of GOD, who was slain by us and yet dying saved us[488]." You cannot do it; unless in the Paschal Lamb, and the wave-sheaf, you discern things Heavenly, and of eternal moment. You cannot do it; unless you remember "that as, in order to consecrate the Harvest by offering to GOD the first-fruits of it, a sheaf was lifted up and waved; as well as a Lamb offered on that day by the priest to GOD; so MESSIAH, that immaculate Lamb which was to die, that Priest which dying was to offer up Himself to GOD, was upon the same day lifted up and ...

— Inspiration and Interpretation - Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford • John Burgon

... to the theme. Sympathy,—feminine and religious,—breathes through these pages, and the unaffected desire of the writer to awaken a kindly interest in the poor souls who have so twined themselves about her own best feelings, may be said to consecrate the work. In its character of aesthetic material for another age, it appeals to our nationality; while, as the effort of a reflecting and Christian mind to call public attention to the needs of an unhappy race, we may ask for it the approbation of all who acknowledge the ...

— Dahcotah - Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling • Mary Eastman

... Then came forth other angels also—two bearing burning candles, and the third a towel, and the fourth a spear which bled marvellously, the drops wherefrom fell into a box he held in his left hand. Anon the bishop took the wafer up to consecrate it, and at the lifting up, they saw the figure of a Child, whose visage was as bright as any fire, which smote itself into the midst of the wafer and vanished, so that all ...

— The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights • James Knowles

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