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Found 2 hits - Term: consecrated, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[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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