Consecrate(a.) Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
Consecrate(v. t.) 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.
Consecrate(v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
Consecrate(v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.
Consecrate(v. t.) To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.
Consecrated(imp. & p. p.) of Consecrate
Consecrating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Consecrate
Consecration(n.) The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
Consecrator(n.) One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.
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