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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
consecrate \con"secrate\, v. t. imp. p. p. consecrated; p.
pr. vb. n. consecrating.
1. 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.
1913 webster
one day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy
rest. --sharp.
1913 webster
2. to set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a
bishop.
1913 webster
thou shalt consecrate aaron and his sons. --ex.
xxix. 9.
1913 webster
3. to canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll
among the gods, as a roman emperor.
1913 webster
4. to render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as,
rules or principles consecrated by time. --burke.
syn: see addict.
1913 webster
see also:
consecrated consecrating addict
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
consecrated
adj 1: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a
life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated
chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of world war
ii" syn: consecrate, dedicated ant: desecrated
2: made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity
or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated chursh";
"the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and
wine"; "sanctified wine" syn: sacred, sanctified
see also:
consecrate dedicated desecrated sacred sanctified
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